Marulan railway station

Marulan railway station is a heritage-listed railway statio located on the Main South line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Marulan. It opened on 6 August 1868.[2] It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[3]

Marulan
Northbound view from Platform 2
LocationGeorge Street, Marulan
Australia
Coordinates34°42′34″S 150°00′23″E
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated byNSW TrainLink
Line(s)Main South
Distance143.6 kilometres from Central
Platforms2 (2 side)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeMRX
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened6 August 1868
Traffic
Passengers (2013)10 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank286
Services
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station
Goulburn
Terminus
Southern Highlands Line
Tallong
towards Central

Platforms & services

Marulan has two side platforms and one dock platform. It is serviced by early morning and evening NSW TrainLink Southern Highlands Line services travelling between Sydney Central, Campbelltown, Moss Vale and Goulburn.[4] A south facing dock platform was used to stable maintenance vehicles. It was removed when a pedestrian ramp was installed in April 2014.[5]

During the day it is served by one NSW TrainLink road coach service in each direction between Moss Vale and Goulburn.[4]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Moss Vale, Campbelltown & Sydney Central [4]
2 services to Goulburn [4]

Description

The station complex includes a type 1 brick combination station building and residence completed in 1867, with a verandah dating from 1874. The railway platform is faced in brick and dates from c.1915. A timber signal box situated on the platform, dating from c.1915 and the overbridge road at the Sydney end comprise part of the complex. A Goulburn works 20 ton weighbridge (c.) 1923 is no longer extant, having been removed at an unknown date prior to September 2004.[3]

Heritage listing

Marulan is a rare surviving station dating from the opening of the line with relatively small changes to the fabric of the station building. Although much equipment at the site has been removed and there are only remnants of the goods yard surviving, the station building in particular is significant in understanding the development of railways and is a significant townscape and landscape element, particularly when viewed from the overbridge or the park in the main street. The residence and weighbridge add to the site, the weighbridge indicating the nature of the remainder of the yard now deserted with most facilities removed and the residence relating to the rear of the station building with its frontage to the main street.[3]

Marulan railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.[3]

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.[3]

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References

  1. Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. Marulan Station NSWrail.net
  3. "Marulan Railway Station and yard group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H01188. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. "Southern Highlands line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  5. Completed Works Archived 11 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW

Attribution

This Wikipedia article contains material from Marulan Railway Station and yard group, entry number 01188 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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