Tarana railway station

Tarana
Westbound view of the station platforms, July 2014
General information
Location	Mutton Falls Road, Tarana
Coordinates	33°31′27″S149°54′27″E / 33.5242°S 149.9076°E / -33.5242; 149.9076
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	NSW TrainLink
Line(s)	Main Western line
Distance	198.3 km (123.2 mi) from Central
Platforms	2 side (1 disused)
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	TNJ
History
Opened	22 April 1872
Passengers
2023 [1]	>840 (year)
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Bathurst Terminus Blue Mountains Line (4 daily services) Bathurst Bullet Rydal towards Central Bathurst towards Dubbo NSW TrainLink Western Line Dubbo XPT Rydal towards Sydney

Tarana railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Western line in Tarana, in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as the Tarana Railway Station and yard group. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. ^[2]

It opened on 22 August 1872. ^[3] The track was lifted from the northern platform in 1996 when the section of the Main Western line between Wallerawang and Tarana was singled. ^[4]

It was the junction for the Oberon line that closed in 1979. The Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway group has a vision to restore the line from Oberon to Tarana. ^[5]

Description

The railway station complex comprises: ^{[2] [6]}

• Station buildings
  • station/residence – type 1, brick with extensions, 1872
  • type 11, brick, 1915
• Signal box – type 3, timber, skillion roof, 1916
• Platform faces – brick
• Dock platform
• Pedestrian bridge, steel, c. 1916
• Jib crane
• Water tank – type 1 cast-iron, up platform, c. 1906
• Station lighting and signs

Services

Tarana is served by NSW TrainLink's daily Central West XPT service operating between Sydney and Dubbo. ^[7] The XPT only stops here on request if passengers have booked to board/alight here. From 16 September 2019 the 4 times daily Bathurst Bullet also stops here. ^{[8] [9]}

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	BMT	2 morning services to Sydney Central 2 evening services to Lithgow 4 services daily to Bathurst	[8]
	Western Region	Services to Sydney Central and Dubbo	request stop (booked passengers only) [7]
2	Not in use

• From 1 June 2020, bus route 598 operates a Monday to Friday morning bus service from Oberon connecting with the second Bathurst Bullet train to Sydney Central. In the afternoon the service to Oberon connects with the first Bathurst Bullet from Sydney. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

Heritage listing

As at 9 January 2008, the structures form a large group indicating the form of the site following duplication during 1916. It is largely intact, the only significant element missing being the goods shed. It contains a fine example of a station/residence in combination with a range of interesting supportive structures. The station group forms one of the best station complexes surviving from the early period of railway construction. ^[2]

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

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Railways portal

• List of regional railway stations in New South Wales

References

1. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
2. "Tarana Railway Station and yard group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01263. 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. Tarana Station NSWrail.net
4. Tarana Railway Precinct NSW Environment & Heritage
5. Bringing your rail heritage back to life Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway
6. Bastow, Ciara (28 January 2022). "'We are redoing the building': Next stage for Tarana's train station renaissance". Western Advocate. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
7. "Western timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.
8. "Blue Mountains line timetable". Transport for NSW.
9. Villages pleased that both Bullets will now be stopping Western Advocate 30 August 2019
10. On the buses: Coach to Tarana is travelling five days a week Oberon Review 12 June 2020
11. New Tarana bus service connects Oberon residents with Bathurst Bullet Transport for NSW 26 May 2020
12. Route 598 Transport for NSW

Attribution

This Wikipedia article contains material from Tarana Railway Station and yard group , entry number 01263 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.

External links

• Media related to Tarana railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Tarana station details Transport for New South Wales
• "Home page". Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway. Retrieved 10 October 2018.