Henty | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Northbound view from the platform in July 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Olympic Highway,Henty Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°31′04″S147°02′07″E / 35.5179°S 147.0354°E /-35.5179; 147.0354 | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | |||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink | |||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Southern | |||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 580.29 kilometres (360.58 mi) fromCentral | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | HTY | |||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1880 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1904 | |||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Doodle Cooma (1880–1891) | |||||||||||||||||
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Henty railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on theMain Southern line inNew South Wales, Australia. It serves the town ofHenty. It was added to theNew South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]
Henty station opened in 1880 asDoodle Cooma. It was renamedHenty on 4 February 1891, and relocated to its present site in 1904.[2][3] Opposite the platform lies a passing loop.
Henty is served by two dailyNSW TrainLinkXPT services in each direction operating betweenSydney andMelbourne.[4] This is a request stop, so the train stops only if passengers booked to board/alight here.
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services toSydney Central & Melbourne | request stop (booked passengers only) |
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The heritage-listed station complex includes the main station building, which is a timber building of type 7 design with askillion roof completed in 1904, the brick platform dating fromc. 1880, and thegoods shed, built fromcorrugated iron with dimensions of 45'x17' and a curved semi-elliptical roof.[1]
This site contains a range of items not often found together, comprising a simple skillion roof timber station building with a rare curved roof goods shed, one of the few remaining and an early gatehouse of which several are found on that section of line. Individually the goods shed is of high significance and together they form an important group of buildings. They are also prominent in the centre of the small town of Henty on the main street.[1]
Henty railway station was listed on theNew 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]
Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) underCC BY 4.0licence.
This Wikipedia article contains material fromHenty Railway Station and yard group, entry number 01169 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.
