Picton railway station

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Picton
Picton Railway Station NSW 2011.jpg
Southbound view of station platforms,
November 2011
General information
LocationStation Street, Picton
Australia
Coordinates 34°10′45″S150°36′45″E / 34.179088°S 150.612575°E / -34.179088; 150.612575
Elevation171 metres (561 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Main Southern
Distance85.24 kilometres (52.97 mi) from Central [1]
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 4am-1am

  • Saturday:

Staffed: 4.30am-1.30am

  • Sunday
Staffed: 4.30am-11.30pm
Station code PIC
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened1 July 1863
Passengers
2023 [2]
  • 62,510 (year)
  • 171 (daily) [3] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Tahmoor
towards Moss Vale or Goulburn
Southern Highlands Line Douglas Park
towards Campbelltown or Central
Former service
Preceding stationFormer servicesFollowing station
Thirlmere
towards Mittagong
Picton–Mittagong Loop Line Terminus
Official namePicton Railway Station group
TypeState heritage (complex / group)
Designated2 April 1999
Reference no.1224
TypeRailway Platform/ Station
CategoryTransport – Rail

Picton railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern line in the south-western Sydney suburb of Picton in the Wollondilly Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1863 to 1919. It is also known as the Picton 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 1869. [5] [6] The station is unusually sited, with southbound journeys actually heading north out of the station before traversing a 225 degree horseshoe curve to again head south, and likewise northbound services heading south before rounding a number of curves to resume their true direction.

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History

Picton

The town of Picton was named by Major Antill after Sir Thomas Picton in 1841. The location was previously known as "Stonequarry". The Duke of Wellington described Picton as a "rough foul-mouthed devil as ever lived" but very capable. He was "respected for his courage and feared for his irascible temperament". He was chiefly remembered for his exploits under Wellington in the Iberian Peninsular War displaying great bravery and persistence. He was killed at the Battle of Waterloo and was the most senior officer to die there. He was buried in the family vault at St. George's, Hanover Square in London. In 1859 Picton was re-interred in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, lying close to the body of the Duke of Wellington. [7] [4]

Following the construction of a new alignment via Bargo in 1919, Picton became a junction station with the original line being retained as a branch line. These trains departed from a dock platform at the southern end of Platform 2. Picton previously had an extensive yard north of the station including locomotive servicing facilities and a turntable. A passing loop ran behind Platform 2 until 2011, when it was removed to allow a lift to be installed.

Picton is a destination for NSW Rail Museum steam trains from Thirlmere, although with the elimination of Picton yard, these now require a locomotive at each end.

Platforms and services

Picton has two side platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Southern Highlands Line services travelling between Campbelltown and Moss Vale with limited morning services to Sydney Central and limited evening services to Goulburn. [8]

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Campbelltown
morning services to Sydney Central (1 weekday, 2 weekend)		 [8]
2
SHL
services to Moss Vale
evening services to Goulburn (2 weekday, 1 weekend)		 [8]

Description

The railway station complex managed by the Transport Asset Holding Entity includes a type 3, second class station building, erected in 1863; a footbridge, erected c. 1982; and a two-storey, timber signal box with a hipped roof, erected in 1919. [4]

Other items includes the remains of an engine shed located at 84.8 kilometres (52.7 mi) from Central, at a site managed by the ARTC. [4]

Station building (1863)

The station building is a simple single-storey Victorian Georgian style building. The building sits on a stone plinth with painted brickwork walls and a symmetrical front elevation with 2 × 6 pane double hung timber framed sash windows. [4]

The building has a linear arrangement with attached parapeted wings at each end containing toilets in one wing and lamp room in the other. The other facilities in the building include a ladies waiting room, telegraph office, booking office and clerks office and baggage office. Access to the platform is through the central booking office. [4]

The building features a hipped slate roof with a major awning to the platform rebuilt at an unknown period and originally supported on columns. The street frontage has a hipped verandah supported on timber posts. [4]

An indication of the individuality of railway station gardens is given by a hanging wall-mounted specimen of stag's horn fern Platycerium superbum) attached to the station building wall at Picton. [9] [4]

Footbridge (c. 1982)

The station Footbridge was rebuilt in c. 1982 with new steel girders and concrete deck. [4]

Signal box (1919)

This is a large signal box located on the platform and was constructed in 1919. It is a timber structure with windows on three sides of the upper level. Access is from the platform via an external stair with WC on the landing. The roof is hipped, clad in corrugated iron overhanging on all sides to shade the upper windows. This is one of a small number of similar boxes remaining in the state. [4]

Picton Buslines operate six routes to and from Picton station:

Berrima Buslines operate one route via Picton station for NSW TrainLink:

Heritage listing

As at 30 November 2010, Picton Railway Precinct is of state significance as one of the earliest surviving railway locations in NSW, opening in 1863 only eight years after the first line from Sydney to Parramatta in 1855. Picton Railway Precinct is significant as the terminus of the Southern line until 1867 prior to the extension of the Great Southern Line through to Mittagong, Goulburn and on to Albury. The construction of the line to Picton is significant for its association with John Whitton, Engineer-in-Chief of the NSWGR, and was one of his early achievements during his long career. The design of the Picton station building is also attributed to Whitton and is a fine example of a simple Victorian Georgian style station building that remains substantially intact. The signal box built in 1919 is a good example of an elevated timber signal box, representative of other similar structures in the network. [4]

Picton 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. ↑ "North South Corridor Network Diagram - 1" (PDF). ARTC. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  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 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Picton Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01224. 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. ↑ Picton Station NSWrail.net
  6. ↑ Bayley, William A (1975). Picton-Mittagong Loop Line Railway. Bulli: Austrail Publications. ISBN   0-909597-14-6.
  7. ↑ Wheeldon, 2015, 3.
  8. 1 2 3 "Southern Highlands line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  9. ↑ Longworth, 2012, 11
  10. ↑ "900 Picton to Narellan & Campbelltown". transportnsw.info. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  11. ↑ "901 Wilton to Picton via Douglas Park". transportnsw.info. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  12. ↑ "911 Yanderra & Bargo to Picton via Tahmoor". transportnsw.info. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  13. ↑ "912 Tahmoor to Picton via Thirlmere". transportnsw.info. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  14. ↑ "913 Buxton to Tahmoor & Picton". transportnsw.info. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  15. ↑ "914 Picton to Buxton via Thirlmere & Tahmoor". transportnsw.info. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  16. ↑ "915 Picton to Nangarin Vineyard Estate via Barkers Lodge Rd". transportnsw.info. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  17. ↑ "828 Picton to Bowral". transportnsw.info. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

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