Guyra railway station explained

Guyra railway station
Coordinates:-30.2295°N 151.6708°W
Map Relief:yes
Location:Main Northern railway, Guyra, Armidale Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia
Beginning Label:Design period
Owner:Transport Asset Holding Entity
Designation1:New South Wales State Heritage Register
Designation1 Offname:Guyra Railway Station group
Designation1 Type:state heritage (complex / group)
Designation1 Date:2 April 1999
Designation1 Number:1163
Designation1 Free1name:Type
Designation1 Free1value:Railway Platform/ Station
Designation1 Free2name:Category
Designation1 Free2value:Transport - Rail
Designation1 Free3name:Builders

Guyra railway station is a heritage-listed former railway station and now machinery museum on the Main Northern railway line at Guyra, Armidale Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

History

Guyra station opened on 19 August 1884.[2] The line through Guyra closed in 1989.[3]

The station complex now houses the Guyra Antique Machinery Museum, housing historical railway objects, antique machinery and police memorabilia.[4] The complex received $28,000 in state government funding for preservation works in 2017.[5]

Description

The station complex includes a type 4 standard roadside third-class brick station building with a brick-faced platform (completed in 1884), a type 3 timber skillion roofed signal box (completed in 1918) and a type 3 60' x 16' corrugated iron goods shed (including office) designed as a side shed with awning (completed in 1884). Jib crane No. 429 remains on the station platform.[1]

Heritage listing

Guyra station group is part of a group of mid-Victorian stations built on the main north line between Tamworth and the border that represent the most intact group of buildings in the State from this period. They are all excellent examples and form an important group demonstrating the various size and form of structures used at varying sites. The group at Guyra are a good example in their own right and of high significance.[1]

Guyra 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]

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Attribution

Notes and References

  1. 01163. 2 June 2018.
  2. Web site: Guyra Station . nswrail.net . 12 July 2018.
  3. News: Guyra rail trail development sees Save the Great Northern Railway Group react . Guyra Argus . 25 May 2018 . 12 July 2018.
  4. Web site: Guyra Railway Station group . Heritage Council of New South Wales . 12 July 2018.
  5. News: Guyra and District Historical Society receives more than $28,000 in funding . Guyra Argus . 28 August 2017 . 12 July 2018.