Stuart Town railway station

Stuart Town railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Western line in Stuart Town in the Dubbo Regional Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The station serves the town of Stuart Town and opened on 1 June 1880 when the line was extended from Orange to Wellington. It became an unstaffed station on 10 April 1976.[1] The station is also known as Stuart Town Railway Station group. The station was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[2]

Stuart Town
Westbound view in November 2008
LocationMolong Street, Stuart Town
Coordinates32°48′04″S 149°04′42″E
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated byNSW TrainLink
Line(s)Main Western
Distance379.60 km (235.87 mi) from Central
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeSWN
History
Opened1 June 1880 (1880-06-01)
Previous namesUnstaffed
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Wellington
toward Dubbo
 NSW TrainLink Western Line
Dubbo XPT
 Orange
toward Sydney
Official nameStuart Town Railway Station group
TypeState heritage (complex / group)
Designated2 April 1999
Reference no.1253
TypeRailway Platform / Station
CategoryTransport - Rail
Location
Stuart Town
Location in New South Wales

Services

Stuart Town is served by NSW TrainLink's daily Central West XPT service operating between Sydney and Dubbo.[3]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Sydney Central & Dubbo

Description
Stuart Town railway station, 2008

The station building is a type 4, brick third class building that was completed in 1880. A station master's residence is located adjacent to the station gatehouse, and is a type 5, brick building with a pyramid roof and central chimney, also completed in 1880. An out shed and lamp room/WC complete the complex.[2]

The platform face is made of brick with a dock platform. A timber picket fence separates the platform from the adjacent car park.[2][4]

Heritage listing

Stuart Town is one of the best third class country stations on the NSW railway system. The station building is of high quality with good detail and the retention of a very interesting entrance porch and the setting retains ancillary buildings, signs and platform with a good example of a typical early gatehouse that were seen throughout NSW. With Wellington, this station is an important reminder of the early line through the area which showed confidence and pride in railway construction by the substantial quality of the buildings not seen on the later lines that developed.[2]

Stuart Town 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 archaeologically rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.[2]

See also
  • Railway stations in New South Wales

References
  1. Stuart Town Station NSWrail.net
  2. "Stuart Town Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H01253. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  3. "Western timetable". NSW Trainlink. 7 September 2019.
  4. Longworth, Jim (2012). "Conservation Guide: Railway Fences". NSW Rail Heritage.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article contains material from Stuart Town Railway Station group, entry number 01253 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales and Office of Environment and Heritage 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.

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