Grafton railway station, New South Wales

Grafton
Grafton
	Grafton railway station building and forecourt, January 2024
General information
Location	Through Street, South Grafton
Coordinates	29°42′13″S152°56′30″E / 29.703496°S 152.941763°E
Elevation	6 metres (20 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	NSW TrainLink
Line(s)	North Coast
Distance	695.70 km (432.29 mi) from Central
Platforms	1
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Weekdays:; Staffed: 4am-9pm, 9.30pm-1.30am Weekends and public holidays:; Unstaffed
Station code	GFN
History
Opened	12 October 1915;108 years ago
Rebuilt	26 November 1993
Previous names	South Grafton (1915-1976); Grafton City (1976-2005)
Services

Last updated July 06, 2024

Grafton railway station is a railway station on the North Coast line in South Grafton, Clarence Valley Council, New South Wales, Australia. It serves the city of Grafton, opening on 12 October 1915 as South Grafton when the line opened from Glenreagh.^[1] It was renamed Grafton City on 1 October 1976 when the original Grafton station north of the Clarence River closed.^[2] Since 2005, it has been known as Grafton.

Platforms and services

Grafton has one platform. Each day northbound XPT services operate to Casino and Brisbane, with two southbound services operating to Sydney. In addition the daily Grafton XPT terminates at the station, stabling opposite the station overnight.^[4]

NSW TrainLink also operate coach services from the station to Byron Bay and Moree.^[4]

To the north of the station lies the Sunshine Sugar factory.

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	North Coast Region	services to Sydney Central, Casino & Brisbane

Heritage listing

Grafton Railway Station Group is of State historic significance as a former major railway administrative centre for the North Coast. The extant refreshment rooms is a unique structure on the NSW rail system built for the movement of troops during World War II and remains as an important reminder of the site's role in the Australian war effort and the role played by rail in moving troops around the country. The extant barracks building is representative of a series of similar barracks buildings constructed throughout the NSW railway system for train crews to rest between shifts. The office block demonstrates the former administrative role of the site. Overall, the significance of the railway precinct has been compromised by modern buildings, the demolition of the extensive locomotive servicing depot and all other original buildings.^[3]

The surviving refreshment rooms and railway barracks from the pre-1993 station were listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. These consist of:^[3]

A large covered open dining hall area book-ended by a weatherboard kitchen and storeroom. The kitchen is a simple gable roofed building clad in corrugated iron and featuring timber double-hung windows, small rear porch and a simple verandah supported by timber posts fronting on to the platform. The storeroom is located under the gable roof of the dining hall and clad in weatherboard.^[3]

Barracks (c. 1943)

Single-storey brick building constructed as two separate wings with a hipped tiled roof, simple decorative brickwork banding. The barracks features a series of bedroom and bathroom facilities, with a secondary wing featuring a kitchen and dining area.^[3]

Former refreshment rooms
Former railway barracks
Heritage boundaries Refreshment rooms (c. 1943)

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References

↑ Grafton City Station NSWrail.net
↑ Grafton City Railway Precinct NSW Environment & Heritage
1 2 3 4 5 "Grafton City Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01154. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .
1 2 "North Coast timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Grafton City Railway Station group , entry number 01154 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.

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[1] Grafton City Station NSWrail.net

[2] Grafton City Railway Precinct NSW Environment & Heritage

[nswshr-1154-3] 1 2 3 4 5 "Grafton City Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01154. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .

[Timetable-4] 1 2 "North Coast timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.

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