Menangle railway station

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Menangle
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Northbound view
General information
LocationStation Street, Menangle
Australia
Coordinates 34°07′31″S150°44′40″E / 34.125163°S 150.744444°E / -34.125163; 150.744444
Elevation84 metres (276 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Main Southern
Distance65.33 kilometres from Central [1]
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
Station code MGE
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened1 July 1863
Passengers
2023 [2]
  • 4,970 (year)
  • 14 (daily) [3] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Douglas Park
towards Moss Vale or Goulburn
Southern Highlands Line Menangle Park
towards Campbelltown or Central
Official nameMenangle Railway Station group
TypeState heritage (complex / group)
Designated2 April 1999
Reference no.1191
TypeRailway Platform/ Station
CategoryTransport – Rail

Menangle railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern line in the south-western Sydney settlement of Menangle in the Wollondilly Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Menangle Railway Station group. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. [4] The station opened on 1 July 1863. [5] [6]

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Platforms and services

Menangle has two side platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Southern Highlands Line services travelling between Campbelltown and Moss Vale with 2 weekend morning services to Sydney Central and limited evening services to Goulburn. [7]

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1
SHL
services to Campbelltown
2 weekend morning services to Sydney Central 		[7]
2
SHL
services to Moss Vale
evening services to Goulburn (2 weekday, 1 weekend)		 [7]

Description

The station complex comprises a type 1 station building and residence, erected in 1863; a brick WC block that was erected in 1863, however no longer extant, removed pre-2000; and a brick northbound platform and platform face at the Goulburn end on, also erected in 1863. [4]

Transit Systems operates two bus routes via Menangle station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Heritage listing

Menangle station group is one of the earliest station complexes to survive in the state. It is a combination station building and residence which has had substantial additions. Although the second platform and building have been demolished for a new platform the remaining up buildings and platform are of very high significance in the development of railway buildings. Significant features of this building are its lack of awning to the platform, the unusual planning of the building with detached wings, room for porters, no waiting room and the asymmetrical elevations. The remaining structures are of national significance in conjunction with the railway underbridge listed separately. [4]

Menangle railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria. [4]

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. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.artc.com.au/uploads/ARTCS3090006_NS_Sth.pdf
  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 5 "Menangle Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01191. 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. ↑ Menangle Station NSWrail.net
  6. ↑ "Rise and Fall of a Station – Memories of Menangle" Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin October 1992 pages 231-240
  7. 1 2 3 "Southern Highlands line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  8. ↑ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

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