Murrurundi railway station

Murrurundi railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Northern line in Murrurundi in the Upper Hunter Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built between 1872 and 1917. It is also known as Murrurundi Railway Station group. The station serves the town of Murrurundi and opened on 4 April 1872.[1] The station served as the terminus of the line until it was extended to Quirindi on 13 August 1877.[2] The station was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[3]

Murrurundi
Northbound view, pictured in 1962.
Location	Victoria Street, Murrurundi
Coordinates	31°46′06″S 150°50′22″E
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	NSW TrainLink
Line(s)	Main Northern
Distance	352.30 km (218.91 mi) from Central
Platforms	1
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	MDI
History
Opened	4 April 1872
Services
Preceding station   NSW Main lines   Following station Temple Court towards Wallangarra Main North Line Blandford towards Sydney Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station Willow Tree towards Moree or Armidale NSW TrainLink North Western Scone towards Sydney
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name	Murrurundi Railway Station group
Type	State heritage (complex / group)
Designated	2 April 1999
Reference no.	1205
Type	Railway Platform/ Station
Category	Transport - Rail

Murrurundi Railway Station

Services

Murrurundi is served by NSW TrainLink's daily Northern Tablelands Xplorer service operating between Armidale/Moree and Sydney.[4] This station is a request stop, so the train only stops here if passengers have booked to board/alight here.

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	North Western Region	Services to Sydney, Armidale & Moree	request stop (booked passengers only)

History

From 1891 until August 1965, Murrurundi had a four road locomotive depot to the north of the station, primarily as a base for bank engines used on the steeply graded banks over the Liverpool Range to Ardglen Tunnel north of the town. A yard existed opposite the station.[2][5][6]

Description

The station has one platform and a passing loop. The complex comprises a type 3, second class, brick station with hip-roof, erected in 1872; a type 18, brick gable building, non-standard, erected c. 1872; a type 18, infill between buildings, erected possibly in 1891; an open timber framed signal box with a non-standard roof, erected in 1917; and a timber store building with a skillion roof. Other structures include brick platform faces.[3]

Heritage listing

Murrurundi was an important locomotive depot with a substantial straight shed and locomotive facility at the west end of the yard, all of which has been removed. The remaining structures comprising the station buildings, footbridge, residences and goods shed are a good representative group and are individually good examples of their kind. The station is particularly interesting because of the two buildings constructed within a year of each other in different styles. The main building being a fine second class building and the other a more modest gable roof building. The section linking them and adding the awning is also of significance. The residences are all excellent examples of residences for various positions at the complex from station master to loco foreman and the range from brick to timber is representative of many similar structures. The site is visually important in Murrurundi and with the nearby Temple Court station form an important and significant group of structures.[3]

Murrurundi 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 scientifically rare. This item is assessed as archeologically rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.[3]

See also

References

1. "Murrurundi Station". NSWrail.net.
2. "Byways of Steam - Murrurundi". Roundhouse: 4–27. October 1981.
3. "Murrurundi Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H01205. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
4. "North West timetable". NSW Trainlink. 7 September 2019.
5. "Murrurundi Railway Station". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
6. Locomotive Depot No 18: Murrurundi Murrurundi Historical Society

Bibliography

• "Murrurundi Railway Station Group". 2007.
• "Attraction Homepage". Heritage Express. 2007.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article contains material from Murrurundi Railway Station group, entry number 01205 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.

External links

• Murrurundi station details Transport for New South Wales