Mount Murray railway station

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Mount Murray
Former railway station
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General information
LocationMount Murray Road, Mount Murray
New South Wales
Australia
Coordinates 34°33′06″S150°38′20″E / 34.5517°S 150.6389°E / -34.5517; 150.6389 Coordinates: 34°33′06″S150°38′20″E / 34.5517°S 150.6389°E / -34.5517; 150.6389
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Line(s) Unanderra–Moss Vale
Distance118.99 km (73.94 mi) from Central [1]
Platforms1
Tracks2 [1]
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
History
Opened20 August 1932 [2]
Closed1980s [ citation needed ]
Services
Preceding stationFormer ServicesFollowing station
Ocean View
towards Moss Vale
Unanderra-Moss Vale Line Summit Tank
towards Unanderra

Mount Murray is a heritage-listed former railway station in Mount Murray on the Unanderra to Moss Vale railway line in New South Wales, Australia. The station is listed on local and NSW State Heritage Registers as a rare surviving example of small station infrastructure. [3] The platform is located on a passing loop, which is still in use today. [1]

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History

The station was opened with the line on 20 August 1932, [4] as part of the war effort for a 400-metre (1,300 ft) long[ citation needed ] crossing loop for heavy World War II traffic. The platform was constructed from pre-cast concrete and the single small station building was of timber. [5] The crossing loop was reopened and extended to 650 metres (2,130 ft) following the installation of CTC in the 1980s. Since September 2008, signalling functions for the crossing loop through the station and the adjoining main line have been managed by ARTC's network control centre in Junee. [6]

Description

The station precinct consists of a timber wayside station building of a type 13 design with a platform faced in pre-cast concrete, dating from 1932. A toilet block also forms part of the complex. [3]

Heritage status

The station buildings were listed as heritage items by Wingecarribee Shire Council in 1989. [7] In 1999 the station and an area of tracks 50 metres (160 ft) either side of it were also listed on the NSW State Heritage Register. The station was described as architecturally, historically and socially rare, and "representative of many small structures that have been removed from the rail system as branch lines and small locations have become redundant." [5]

The line alongside the platform also forms part of the Sydney to Moss Vale heritage run operated by 3801 steam locomotives. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Rail Track Corporation (June 2015). "North–south corridor network diagram 1" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Bozier, Rolfe. "NSWrail.net: Mount Murray Platform". Archived from the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Murray Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Office of Environment & Heritage. H01202. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Mount Murray Station". www.nswrail.net. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Mount Murray Railway Station group". Heritage Branch, New South Wales Department of Planning. 2007. Archived from the original on 22 March 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
  6. ↑ "SAFE Notice 2008: Number 2-890" (PDF). Australian Rail Track Corporation. September 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
  7. ↑ "Wingecarribee Local Environment Plan 1989 - Schedule 2 - Heritage items". Wingecarribee Shire Council. 1989. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
  8. ↑ "Heritage Railways - Australia". p. 6. Retrieved 12 April 2019.


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