Black Mountain railway station

Black Mountain railway station is a heritage-listed railway station at Main Northern railway, Black Mountain, Armidale Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

Black Mountain railway station
Location	Main Northern railway, Black Mountain, Armidale Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	30.3096°S 151.6564°E / -30.3096; 151.6564
Owner	Transport Asset Holding Entity
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name: Black Mountain Railway Station
Type	state heritage (built)
Designated	2 April 1999
Reference no.	1087
Type	Railway Platform/ Station
Category	Transport - Rail
Location of Black Mountain railway station in New South Wales

History

Black Mountain station opened on 19 August 1884 as Boorolong station. It was renamed Black Mountain in 1886.[2] The station closed in 1987.[3]

The station complex is now maintained by a local community group, the Black Mountain Preservation Society.[2][3]

Description

Platform

The brick main station building is of a type 4 standard roadside design with a brick platform, and was completed in 1884. The landscaping around the platform and entrance and the station fences and signs are also heritage-listed.[1]

Heritage listing

Heritage boundaries

Black Mountain station group is an excellent intact station from the 1880s with a very good timber residence of unusual design (no longer owned by State Rail). The quality of the buildings marks the importance of the area in the pastoral development of the State and are an important and integral part of the townscape. This site illustrates the confidence in railway construction during the 1880s boom even in remote locations of the State.[1]

Black Mountain 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 arch. rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.[1]

See also

• List of disused regional railway stations in New South Wales

References

1. "Black Mountain Railway Station". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H01087. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
2. "Black Mountain". nswrail.net. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
3. "Share your memories of Black Mountain railway". Guyra Argus. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Black Mountain Railway Station, entry number 01087 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.