Black Mountain railway station
Black Mountain | |||||||||||
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 Close up view of the restored station sign | |||||||||||
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| Location | Toms Gully Road, Black Mountain, New South Wales Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°18′35″S 151°39′23″E / 30.3096°S 151.6564°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main North | ||||||||||
| Distance | 611.930 km from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 (1 side) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 19 August 1884 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1987 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Boorolong (1884-1886) | ||||||||||
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| Official name | Black Mountain Railway Station | ||||||||||
| Type | state heritage (built) | ||||||||||
| Designated | 2 April 1999 | ||||||||||
| Reference no. | 1087 | ||||||||||
| Type | Railway Platform/ Station | ||||||||||
| Category | Transport - Rail | ||||||||||
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Black Mountain railway station is a heritage-listed closed station on the Main Northern railway at Black Mountain in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]
History
Black Mountain station opened on 19 August 1884 as Boorolong. It was renamed Black Mountain in 1886.[2] The station closed in 1987.[3]
The station complex is now maintained by a local community group, the Black Mountain Preservation Society.[2][3]
Description
The brick main station building is of a type 4 standard roadside design with a brick platform, and was completed in 1884. The landscaping around the platform and entrance and the station fences and signs are also heritage-listed.[1]
Heritage listing
Black Mountain station group is an excellent intact station from the 1880s with a very good timber residence of unusual design (no longer owned by State Rail). The quality of the buildings marks the importance of the area in the pastoral development of the State and are an important and integral part of the townscape. This site illustrates the confidence in railway construction during the 1880s boom even in remote locations of the State.[1]
Black Mountain 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]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "Black Mountain Railway Station". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01087. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
- ^ a b "Black Mountain". nswrail.net. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Share your memories of Black Mountain railway". Guyra Argus. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
Attribution
This Wikipedia article was originally based on Black Mountain Railway Station, entry number 01087 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.
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