| Cobar railway station | |
| Coordinates: | -31.4921°N 145.8393°W |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Location: | Cobar railway line, Cobar, Cobar Shire, New South Wales, Australia |
| Beginning Label: | Design period |
| Owner: | Transport Asset Holding Entity |
| Designation1: | New South Wales State Heritage Register |
| Designation1 Offname: | Cobar Railway Station and yard |
| Designation1 Type: | state heritage (complex / group) |
| Designation1 Date: | 2 April 1999 |
| Designation1 Number: | 1114 |
| Designation1 Free1name: | Type |
| Designation1 Free1value: | Railway Platform / Station |
| Designation1 Free2name: | Category |
| Designation1 Free2value: | Transport – Rail |
| Designation1 Free3name: | Builders |
Cobar railway station is a heritage-listed former railway station on the Cobar railway line at Cobar, Cobar Shire, New South Wales, Australia. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]
Passenger services to the station ceased 1976.[2]
The heritage-listed complex consists of a brick station building of a type 4 standard roadside third class design with brackets and a timber faced platform, dating from 1892, the former railway barracks and a loading bank.[1]
Cobar station is an excellent station building from the peak period of railway construction at a remote location at the end of a branch line built to serve the mining activity in the area, a role still played today. The building represents the finest construction and detailing and is in excellent original condition. It is an important civic building in Cobar and an important element of the States railway history.[1]
Cobar railway station and yard 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]