Macksville railway station explained

Macksville
Style:NSW TrainLink
Style2:NSW TrainLink regional
Address:Station Street, Macksville
Coordinates:-30.7093°N 152.9131°W
Distance:552.4km (343.2miles) from Central
Line:North Coast
Structure:Ground
Platform:1
Accessible:Yes
Code:MXV
Owned:Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operator:NSW TrainLink
Embedded:
Embed:yes
Designation1:New South Wales State Heritage Register
Designation1 Offname:Macksville Railway Station group
Designation1 Type:State heritage (complex / group)
Designation1 Date:2 April 1999
Designation1 Number:1184
Designation1 Free1name:Type
Designation1 Free1value:Railway Platform/Station
Designation1 Free2name:Category
Designation1 Free2value:Transport – Rail
Designation1 Free3name:Builders

Macksville railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the North Coast line in Macksville, Nambucca Shire, New South Wales, Australia. The station serves the town of Macksville, and opened on 1 July 1919 when the line was extended from Kempsey.[1] The station is also known as Macksville Railway Station group. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[2]

Platforms and services

Macksville has one platform. Each day northbound XPT services operate to Grafton, Casino and Brisbane, with three southbound services operating to Sydney. There is a connecting bus service to Nambucca Heads.[3] This station is a request stop for the northbound Brisbane XPT and the southbound Casino XPT, so these services stop here only if passengers have booked to board/alight here. A goods yard and passing loop were formerly opposite the station, until disconnected in June 2012.[4]

Description

The complex comprises a type 11 station building, completed in 1919; and concrete and steel platform faces, also completed in 1919.[2]

Heritage listing

Macksville is a modest site with a timber station building. It is typical of many small stations throughout the State and is a very good representative example of a north coast line station building and site.[2]

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

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 architecturally rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.[2]

References

Attribution

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Macksville Station. NSWrail.net. n.d..
  2. 01184. 2 June 2018.
  3. Web site: transportnsw.info . 2024-03-18 . transportnsw.info.
  4. "North Coast News - Macksville Yard Rationalistaion" Railway Digest August 2013 page 15