Millthorpe railway station

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Millthorpe
Millthorpe Railway Station 002.JPG
Forecourt in October 2015
General information
LocationPym Street, Millthorpe
Coordinates 33°26′55″S149°10′58″E / 33.4487°S 149.1827°E / -33.4487; 149.1827
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Main Western
Distance302.60 kilometres from Central
Platforms1
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeGround
History
Opened1877, 1886 & 2019
Previous namesSpring Grove
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Orange
towards Dubbo
NSW TrainLink Western Line
Dubbo XPT
 Blayney
towards Sydney

Millthorpe railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Western line in Millthorpe, New South Wales, Australia.

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History

The original station opened on 19 April 1877 as Spring Grove when the line was extended from Blayney to Orange. It was renamed Millthorpe on 29 February 1884. [1] It was located 500 metres east of the present station which opened in 1886. [2]

The disused station building was being used as the Millthorpe Wine Centre, a cellar door outlet for two local vineyards, in 2016. [3] [4]

After many years out of use, in October 2017 Transport for NSW announced planning was underway to reopen the station as a request stop for the Central West XPT service operating between Sydney and Dubbo. [5] [6] [7] Amongst the work required was for the track to be realigned to once again run up against the platform. [8] The station reopened on 15 March 2019. [9]

Description

The heritage-listed complex includes the type 2 brick station building, built in the sub-type 4 and the type 3 brick residence, both dating from 1886. [4] The brick platform face and the station forecourt also fall within the heritage listing. [4]

Services

Millthorpe railway station is served by NSW TrainLink's daily Central West XPT service operating between Sydney and Dubbo. [10] As this station is a request stop, the train stops only if passengers booked to board/alight here.

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Sydney Central & Dubbo request stop (booked passengers only)

Heritage listing

Its location at the end of Pym Street closes the vista of the main street and gives it a prominence in the townscape of considerable significance. It is an important civic building in an historic town setting exhibiting fine proportion and detailing. Millthorpe station is one of four examples of this station type, the others being St Peters (1883), Riverstone (1887) and Spring Hill (1884) (demolished). It is the only intact surviving country example and is of high significance. [4]

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

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References

  1. ↑ Millthorpe Station NSWrail.net
  2. ↑ Millthorpe Railway Station Australian Railway Historical Society
  3. ↑ Meacham, 2016
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Millthorpe Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01193. 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. ↑ Millthorpe Station Transport for New South Wales
  6. ↑ $1 million to re-open Millthorpe train station in 2019 Western Advocate 30 October 2017
  7. ↑ Village railway input needed Blayney Chronicle 15 November 2017
  8. ↑ Millthorpe Murmers Central Western Daily 11 March 2015
  9. ↑ Millthorpe Station reopens Friday 15 March Transport for NSW
  10. ↑ "Western timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.

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