Yass Town railway station

Yass Town railway station
Yass Town railway station
Location	Yass Town Tramway, Yass, Yass Valley Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	34°50′40″S148°54′40″E / 34.8445°S 148.9111°E
Owner	Transport Asset Holding Entity
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name	Yass Town Railway Station and yard group
Type	state heritage (complex / group)
Designated	2 April 1999
Reference no.	1293
Type	Railway Platform/ Station
Category	Transport – Rail
	Location of Yass Town railway station in New South Wales Yass Town railway station (Australia)

Last updated January 31, 2025

Yass Town railway station is a heritage-listed former railway station and museum in the Southern Tablelands town of Yass, New South Wales, in Australia. Formerly the terminus of the Yass Tramway, it now home to the Yass Railway Museum. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[1]

History

The Yass Town branch tramway opened on 20 April 1892, with the pre-existing Yass station renamed Yass Junction on the same day.^[2]^[3] The line was formally closed in 1988.^[4]^[5] The Australian Railway Historical Society (ACT Division) negotiated with the State Rail Authority and the then-Yass Shire regarding the future of the tramway and yard, resulting in the council assuming control and leasing the station to the ARHS. The Yass Railway Museum opened in the former station building on the centenary of the tramway's opening, 20 April 1992.

The museum subsequently returned to control of the council, and continues to operate out of the former station.^[6]

Description

The station precinct consists of a group of buildings constructed in 1891-1892. The station building is a type 4 timber roadside station. The site also contains a timber shed, a corrugated iron lamp room, and a goods shed consisting of a side shed without awning.^[1]

The platform is timber and at ground level due to having been used for a tramway. A T42 5 ton jib crane and an Avery 4cwt weighing machine are located at the station.^[1]

The track formation and track along Dutton Street also forms part of the heritage listing.^[1]

Heritage listing

Yass Town group of buildings is a site of high significance and of unusual layout and design. It is the only surviving tramway (or light railway) station complex. This is shown by having all the buildings at ground level without a significant platform. The buildings date from 1892, with unusual non-standard buildings. Apart from the removal of the loco shed it is an intact group. The station building is perhaps the best surviving example of a timber roadside standard station building.^[1]

Yass Town railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.^[1]

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.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Yass Town Railway Station and yard group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01293. Retrieved 28 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence .
↑ Forsyth, J.H. (ed.) (1988–93), Stations & Tracks; Vol. 3A: "Southern Branch Lines". State Rail Authority of New South Wales: Sydney, p. 103.
↑ Yass Junction Railway Precinct NSW Environment & Heritage
↑ Forsyth, J.H. (ed.) (1988–93), Stations & Tracks; Vol. 3A: "Southern Branch Lines". State Rail Authority of New South Wales: Sydney, p. 96.
↑ "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest January 1989 page 28
↑ "Yass Railway Museum". Yass Railway Museum. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

Bibliography

"Yass Railway Museum". Yass Railway Museum. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
"Yass Railway Museum". Tourism NSW. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

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This Wikipedia article was originally based on Yass Town Railway Station and yard group , entry number 01293 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 28 May 2018.

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[nswshr-1293-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Yass Town Railway Station and yard group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01293. Retrieved 28 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence .

[FS103-2] Forsyth, J.H. (ed.) (1988–93), Stations & Tracks; Vol. 3A: "Southern Branch Lines". State Rail Authority of New South Wales: Sydney, p. 103.

[3] Yass Junction Railway Precinct NSW Environment & Heritage

[FS96-4] Forsyth, J.H. (ed.) (1988–93), Stations & Tracks; Vol. 3A: "Southern Branch Lines". State Rail Authority of New South Wales: Sydney, p. 96.

[5] "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest January 1989 page 28

[6] "Yass Railway Museum". Yass Railway Museum. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

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