Bundanoon railway station

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Bundanoon
Bundanoon railway station.jpg
Northbound view from Platform 1, January 2006
General information
LocationRailway Avenue, Bundanoon
Australia
Coordinates 34°39′22″S150°17′57″E / 34.655998°S 150.299224°E / -34.655998; 150.299224
Elevation672 metres (2,205 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Manager of New South Wales
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Main Southern
Distance163.27 kilometres (101.45 mi) from Central [1]
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
Station code BUN
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened6 August 1868
Previous namesJordans Crossing (1868–1878)
Jordans Siding (1878–1881)
Passengers
2023 [2]
  • 7,120 (year)
  • 20 (daily) [3] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.svg NSW TrainLink Following station
Penrose
towards Goulburn
Southern Highlands Line Exeter
towards Central
Goulburn
towards Griffith or Canberra
NSW TrainLink Southern Line
Griffith and Canberra Xplorers
Moss Vale
towards Sydney
Former services
Preceding stationFormer servicesFollowing station
Kareela
towards Albury
Main Southern Line
(1889-1915)
Exeter
towards Sydney
Location
Bundanoon railway station

Bundanoon railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main Southern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the small town of Bundanoon. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. [4]

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History

The station opened on 6 August 1868 as Jordans Crossing, being renamed Jordans Siding in 1878 and finally Bundanoon in 1881. [5]

The station has a signal box on platform 2 which controls a set of points just to the north of the station. Until the 2005 timetable one afternoon train a day terminated using this setup, the train arriving on platform 1 using the set of points, and departing back towards Campbelltown. This practice was discontinued, the signal box and points closed and the route curtailed to end at Moss Vale.

Bundanoon station celebrated 150 years since it opened on Sunday 5 August 2018. [6]

Platforms and services

Bundanoon has two side platforms. It is serviced by early morning and evening NSW TrainLink Southern Highlands Line services travelling between Sydney Central, Campbelltown, Moss Vale and Goulburn. [7]

During the day the station is served by a NSW TrainLink road coach service from Wollongong and another operating from Moss Vale to Goulburn. [7]

It is also serviced by NSW TrainLink Xplorer long-distance services from Sydney to Canberra & Griffith. [8] This station is a request stop for this service, so the train stops only if passengers booked to board/alight here.

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Moss Vale, Campbelltown & Sydney Central [7]
services to Sydney Central request stop (booked passengers only) [8]
2
SHL
services to Goulburn [7]
services to Canberra & Griffith request stop (booked passengers only) [8]

Berrima Buslines operate one route via Bundanoon station:

Description

The Old Goods Shed, home of the Bundanoon History Group The Old Goods Shed, Bundanoon 2.jpg
The Old Goods Shed, home of the Bundanoon History Group

The station complex consists of a timber station building on the northbound platform (c.1915) and another timber station building of an initial island side building design (c.1910) with brick-faced platforms. It also contains a corrugated iron former toilet and shed (c.1910), timber skillion roofed signal box (1914) and timber parcels office, all situated on the platforms, and a 30'x15' corrugated iron goods shed of a side shed design. [4]

Heritage listing

Bundanoon station and yard group is an excellent example of an early 20th century station complex with remnants of the early period of construction including the unusual and rare small goods shed. The original buildings for a small country location were expanded to take advantage of the holiday market in the early years of the century. The length of platforms indicate the relative importance of the station and the need for longer distance trains to stop here. The location of the site at a major intersection in the village of Bundanoon makes it an important visual element in the historic townscape that contributes significantly to the visual importance of the town. All of the listed elements contribute to the group and give a clear indication of the operation and style of a c. 1913 station group. [4]

Bundanoon railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. [4]

References

  1. "Jun 24 NS Diagrams ARTC NS-1" (PDF). artc.com.au.
  2. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Bundanoon Railway Station and yard group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01104. Retrieved 2 June 2018. CC BY icon.svg Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence .
  5. Bundanoon Station NSWrail.net
  6. Celebrating 150 years of Bundanoon station Transport for NSW
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Southern Highlands line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  8. 1 2 3 "Southern timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.
  9. "Berrima Buslines route 813". Transport for NSW.

Attribution

CC BY icon-80x15.png This Wikipedia article contains material from Bundanoon Railway Station and yard group , entry number 01104 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence , accessed on 2 June 2018.