Macksville railway station

Macksville
Macksville
General information
Location	Station Street, Macksville
Coordinates	30°42′33″S152°54′47″E / 30.7093°S 152.9131°E
Elevation	7 metres (23 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	NSW TrainLink
Line(s)	North Coast
Distance	552.4 km (343.2 mi) from Central
Platforms	1
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	MXV
History
Opened	1 July 1919;105 years ago
Services
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name	Macksville Railway Station group
Type	State heritage (complex / group)
Designated	2 April 1999
Reference no.	1184
Type	Railway Platform/Station
Category	Transport – Rail

Last updated July 11, 2024

Macksville railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the North Coast line in Macksville, Nambucca Shire, New South Wales, Australia. The station serves the town of Macksville, and opened on 1 July 1919 when the line was extended from Kempsey.^[1] The station is also known as Macksville Railway Station group. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[2]^[3]

Platforms and services

Macksville has one platform. Each day northbound XPT services operate to Grafton, Casino and Brisbane, with three southbound services operating to Sydney.^[4] There is a connecting bus service to Nambucca Heads.^[5] This station is a request stop for the northbound Brisbane XPT and the southbound Casino XPT, so these services stop here only if passengers have booked to board/alight here. A goods yard and passing loop were formerly opposite the station, until disconnected in June 2012.^[6]

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	North Coast Region	services to Sydney Central, Grafton, Casino & Brisbane	request stop for these services: northbound Brisbane XPT & southbound Casino XPT (booked passengers only)

Description

The complex comprises a type 11 station building, completed in 1919; and concrete and steel platform faces, also completed in 1919.^[2]

Heritage listing

Macksville is a modest site with a timber station building. It is typical of many small stations throughout the State and is a very good representative example of a north coast line station building and site.^[2]

Macksville railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.^[2]

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 architecturally rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.^[2]

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References

↑ "Macksville Station". NSWrail.net. n.d.
1 2 3 4 5 "Macksville Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01184. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .
↑ "Macksville Railway Station". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .
↑ "North Coast timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.
↑ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
↑ "North Coast News - Macksville Yard Rationalistaion" Railway Digest August 2013 page 15

Attribution

This Wikipedia article contains material from Macksville Railway Station group , entry number 01184 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] "Macksville Station". NSWrail.net. n.d.

[nswshr-1184-2] 1 2 3 4 5 "Macksville Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01184. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .

[3] "Macksville Railway Station". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .

[4] "North Coast timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.

[5] "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 18 March 2024.

[6] "North Coast News - Macksville Yard Rationalistaion" Railway Digest August 2013 page 15

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