Wingello railway station

Wingello railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main South line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the village of Wingello. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[2]

Wingello
Southbound view from Platform 2
LocationSydney Road, Wingello
Australia
Coordinates34°41′32″S 150°09′30″E
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated byNSW TrainLink
Line(s)Main South
Distance131.9 kilometresfrom Central
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
Station codeWNE
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened1 June 1871
Traffic
Passengers (2013)<1 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank298
Services
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station
Tallong
towards Goulburn
Southern Highlands Line
towards Central

History

It opened on 1 June 1871 as a siding, with a station built in 1882.[3]

Platforms & services

Wingello has two side platforms. It is serviced by early morning and evening NSW TrainLink Southern Highlands Line services travelling between Sydney Central, Campbelltown, Moss Vale and Goulburn.[4]

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 two timber station buildings: a third-class building of type 4 design (1871) and a timber island/side building (1915) with shelter shed and a brick-faced platform (1915). A reverse skillion-roofed timber signal box (1915) and skillion roofed out of shed also form part of the precinct. The station plantings, lights and furniture are also included in the heritage listing.[2]

Heritage listing

Wingello is an excellent example of a small country location with both platforms and buildings intact with timber buildings and a good collection of miscellaneous supporting structures. It is a rare example where both buildings survive and is typical of many similar arrangements which have now been removed. It is on a section of line where a number of early buildings survive to demonstrate early construction techniques and styles of building. The 1871 building is one of the earliest surviving buildings on that section of line.[5][2]

Wingello railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[2]

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References
  1. Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. "Wingello Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H01288. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  3. Wingello Station NSWrail.net
  4. "Southern Highlands line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  5. Higginbotham, 2010: 157-58

Attribution

This Wikipedia article contains material from Wingello Railway Station group, entry number 01288 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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