Stuart Town | |||||||||||
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 Westbound view in November 2008 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Molong Street,Stuart Town Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°48′04″S149°04′42″E / 32.8012°S 149.0783°E /-32.8012; 149.0783 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Manager of New South Wales | ||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||
| Line | Main Western | ||||||||||
| Distance | 379.60 km (235.87 mi) fromCentral | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | SWN | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 June 1880 (1880-06-01) | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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| Official name | Stuart Town Railway Station group | ||||||||||
| Type | State heritage (complex / group) | ||||||||||
| Designated | 2 April 1999 | ||||||||||
| Reference no. | 1253 | ||||||||||
| Type | Railway Platform / Station | ||||||||||
| Category | Transport – Rail | ||||||||||
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Stuart Town railway station is aheritage-listedrailway station located on theMain Western line inStuart Town ofNew South Wales, Australia. The station serves the town ofStuart Town and opened on 1 June 1880 when the line was extended fromOrange toWellington. It became an unstaffed station on 10 April 1976.[1] The station is also known as Stuart Town Railway Station group. The station was added to theNew South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[2]
Stuart Town is served byNSW TrainLink's dailyCentral WestXPT service operating betweenSydney andDubbo.[3]
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services toSydney Central &Dubbo |
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The station building is a type 4, brick third class building that was completed in 1880. A station master's residence is located adjacent to the station gatehouse, and is a type 5, brick building with a pyramid roof and centralchimney, also completed in 1880. An outshed and lamp room/WC complete the complex.[2]
The platform face is made of brick with a dock platform. A timber picket fence separates the platform from the adjacent car park.[2][4]
Stuart Town is one of the best third class country stations on the NSW railway system. The station building is of high quality with good detail and the retention of a very interesting entrance porch and the setting retains ancillary buildings, signs and platform with a good example of a typical early gatehouse that were seen throughout NSW. With Wellington, this station is an important reminder of the early line through the area which showed confidence and pride in railway construction by the substantial quality of the buildings not seen on the later lines that developed.[2]
Stuart Town railway station was listed on theNew 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 archaeologically rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.[2]
Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) underCC BY 4.0licence.
This Wikipedia article contains material fromStuart Town Railway Station group, entry number 01253 in theNew South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 underCC-BY 4.0licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.
