Former railway station in New South Wales, Australia
This article is about the former railway station in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. For the former railway station in Lismore, Co. Waterford, Ireland, see Lismore railway station, County Waterford.
The station opened on 15 May 1894.[3] It closed on 16 May 2004 when the line from Casino was closed.[4] Since 2004, it has operated only as a bus and coach stopping point.[5]
In 2012 and 2015, the station was used as the location for the well received NORPA (Northern Rivers Performing Arts) production "Railway Wonderland".[6]
Following damage caused by the devastating 2022 floods that hit Lismore particularly hard, the station building was boarded up pending decisions regarding its possible future reinstatement as part of a tourism focused rail trail.[7][8][9] The rail trail opened in December 2024. Some locals continued to advocate the restoration of train services.[10]
Platforms and services
Lismore has one disused platform, with a passing loop. It was served by trains from Sydney including the North Coast Mail until 1973 when replaced by the Gold Coast Motorail which in February 1990 was replaced by a XPT service.[11]
Description
Platform and station building from the north east (2023 photograph)Platform and station building from the south (2023 photograph)
The former station complex consists of a third-class timber station building of a type 4 standard roadside design with a brick platform; a 2-road carriage shed with a sawtooth roof, originally 15 bays and later extended to 21 bays and a 2-road, corrugated iron locomotive shed in a straight shed design, all dating from 1894. The former station residence is located at 18 Malendy Drive.[1]
Heritage listing
1180 – Lismore Railway Station group – SHR Plan No 1180 (5012081b100)
Lismore station and yard group is an excellent group of railway structures with elements rarely found together and extant on the rail system. The station building is a rare timber roadside station with excellent detailing and a very fine verandah to the street facade. The utility buildings are individually significant as rare examples of their type and together in a group. The whole group forms an important unit in the townscape of Lismore and, combined with adjacent civic buildings, contributes important elements to the townscape.[1]
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]
Lismore Railway Station in the late 1890s/early 1900s, platform view (from an old postcard)
Lismore Railway Station in the late 1890s/early 1900s (from another old postcard)
Lismore Railway Station in the early 1900s, street view (Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection)
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