Bowning railway station

Location
	Bowning Location of Bowning in New South Wales

Bowning
Bowning
	The station building, 2023
General information
Location	Wales Close, Bowning, New South Wales; Australia
Coordinates	34°45′57″S148°49′13″E / 34.7658°S 148.8204°E
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	CountryLink
Line(s)	Main Southern
Distance	329.300 km from Central
Platforms	5 (2 island, 1 dock)
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Status	Closed
History
Opened	3 July 1876
Closed	1992
Services
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name	Bowning Railway Station group
Type	State Heritage (complex / group)
Designated	2 April 1999
Reference no.	1096
Type	Railway Platform/ Station
Category	Transport - Rail
Location
Location
	Bowning Location of Bowning in New South Wales

Last updated October 09, 2024

Bowning railway station is a heritage-listed closed railway station, located on the Main Southern railway in Bowning, in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. The station was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[1]

History

Bowning station was opened in 1876 and closed to passenger services in the 1990s.^[2]

Description

The large two-storey station building is on the down platform, and was built in 1875. The skillion roofed timber signal box dates from circa 1913, as does the type 6, timber J2 residence. The residence was sold on 2 February 1998 and is now privately owned and not included within the heritage listing. The station building itself was used as a residence, but had to be vacated due to termite damage and the presence of asbestos. As of 2016^[update], the exterior was in good condition, but a lot of the interior remained gutted. A timber shed is also included within the station site.^[1]

The station had two brick island platforms. The intact platform lighting forms part of the heritage listing. A 1913 steel and timber footbridge was removed c. 1990.^[1]

Heritage listing

In April 1999, Bowning railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register,^[1] having satisfied the following criteria:

The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.
This item is assessed as historically rare. This item is assessed as scientifically rare. This item is assessed as arch. rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.^[1]

The statement of significance accompanying the heritage listing notes:

This is a substantial early station building from 1876 representing the enthusiasm and confidence of early station building design. It is typical of a number of buildings constructed on the southern line. The station complex also exhibits the changes that have taken place with duplication in 1913 and the addition of a platform at the rear of the building so that it became an island platform. The other buildings on the site allow the change in operation to be clearly seen. The station building is one of the few surviving combined station / residences and is of high significance in illustrating the development of the State railway system.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bowning Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01096. Retrieved 28 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .
↑ Bowning station. NSWrail.net. Accessed 8 August 2009.

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[nswshr-1096-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bowning Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01096. Retrieved 28 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .

[2] Bowning station. NSWrail.net. Accessed 8 August 2009.

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