Mount Murray railway station explained

Mount Murray
Style:Australian closed station
Type:Former railway station
Summit Tank · Robertson
Address:Mount Murray Road, Mount Murray
Borough:New South Wales
Country:Australia
Coordinates:-34.5517°N 150.6389°W
Owned:Transport Asset Holding Entity
Line:Unanderra–Moss Vale
Distance:118.99km (73.94miles) from Central[1]
Platforms:1
Tracks:2
Structure:At-grade
Opened:20 August 1932[2]
Closed:1980s

Mount Murray is a heritage-listed former railway station in Mount Murray on the Unanderra to Moss Vale railway line in New South Wales, Australia. The station is listed on local and NSW State Heritage Registers as a rare surviving example of small station infrastructure.[3] The platform is located on a passing loop, which is still in use today.

History

The station was opened with the line on 20 August 1932,[4] as part of the war effort for a 400m (1,300feet) long crossing loop for heavy World War II traffic. The platform was constructed from pre-cast concrete and the single small station building was of timber.[5] The crossing loop was reopened and extended to following the installation of CTC in the 1980s. Since September 2008, signalling functions for the crossing loop through the station and the adjoining main line have been managed by ARTC's network control centre in Junee.[6]

Description

The station precinct consists of a timber wayside station building of a type 13 design with a platform faced in pre-cast concrete, dating from 1932. A toilet block also forms part of the complex.[3]

Heritage status

The station buildings were listed as heritage items by Wingecarribee Shire Council in 1989.[7] In 1999 the station and an area of tracks either side of it were also listed on the NSW State Heritage Register. The station was described as architecturally, historically and socially rare, and "representative of many small structures that have been removed from the rail system as branch lines and small locations have become redundant."[5]

The line alongside the platform also forms part of the Sydney to Moss Vale heritage run operated by 3801 steam locomotives.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: North–south corridor network diagram 1. June 2015. Australian Rail Track Corporation. 19 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923174040/http://www.artc.com.au/customers/maps/system/ns/library/ARTCS3090006_NS_Sth.pdf. 23 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: NSWrail.net: Mount Murray Platform. Rolfe. Bozier. 26 October 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080822163844/http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Mount+Murray. 22 August 2008. live. dmy-all.
  3. 01202. 2 June 2018.
  4. Web site: Mount Murray Station. www.nswrail.net. 12 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20181118035234/https://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Mount+Murray&line=NSW:unanderra_moss_vale:0. 18 November 2018. live. dmy-all.
  5. Web site: Mount Murray Railway Station group . Heritage Branch, New South Wales Department of Planning . 2007 . 2008-10-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110322114427/http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_01_2.cfm?itemid=5012113 . 22 March 2011 . live . dmy-all .
  6. Web site: SAFE Notice 2008: Number 2-890 . Australian Rail Track Corporation . September 2008 . 2008-10-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706101235/http://extranet.artc.com.au/docman/DocManFiles/DocTypes/Safe/Files/2-890.PDF . 6 July 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
  7. Web site: Wingecarribee Local Environment Plan 1989 - Schedule 2 - Heritage items . Wingecarribee Shire Council . 1989 . 2008-10-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080605153709/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/wlep1989332/sch2.html . 5 June 2008 . live . dmy-all .
  8. Web site: http://traintimes.net.au/files/heritage_railways.pdf. }