Lue railway station

Lue railway station is a heritage-listed former railway station on the Gwabegar railway line at Lue, Mid-Western Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

Lue railway station
Heritage boundaries
Location	Wallerawang-Gwabegar railway, Lue, Mid-Western Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	32.6554°S 149.8456°E / -32.6554; 149.8456
Owner	Transport Asset Holding Entity
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name: Lue Railway Station group
Type	state heritage (complex / group)
Designated	2 April 1999
Reference no.	1183
Type	Railway Platform/ Station
Category	Transport - Rail
Location of Lue railway station in New South Wales

History

Lue railway station opened on 10 September 1884 along with the extension of the railway from Rylstone to Mudgee. Passenger services were suspended from 2 December 1985 and the station formally closed from 18 March 1986, although freight services along the section of line continued until 1992. The line through Lue reopened for freight services on 2 September 2000; although the station itself was repainted by locals in preparation, it remained closed and boarded up, and all services on the section of line were suspended again on 30 June 2007.[2][3]

Description

The station complex consists of a brick station building in a type 4 standard roadside third-class design with a brick platform, completed in 1884, and a concrete panel signal box in a type 5 design, completed in 1920.[1]

The station formerly had a dock platform on the down end for unloading wagons and a loop line siding opposite the station for stockyard purposes.[3]

Heritage listing

Lue is an excellent small third class standard country station group with the main elements of station and residence intact. It is well sited and prominent from the main Mudgee road forming a significant element in the landscape and the understanding of the railways operation in the area. The buildings are of high quality and are good representative examples of their type. They indicate the importance of the location in the past for freight and passenger traffic and form an important link between the large Rylstone railway station and Mudgee railway station complexes, illustrating the range of sizes of buildings used at locations of varying importance. It is also in contrast to the smaller but similar design used at Capertee on the same section of line.[1]

Lue 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

References

1. "Lue Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H01183. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
2. "Lue Railway Station". State Heritage Inventory. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
3. "Lue Railway Station". History of NSW Railway Stations. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Lue Railway Station group, entry number 01183 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.