Henty railway station
Henty railway station is heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Henty. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]
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Station in December 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Olympic Highway, Henty | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°31′04″S 147°02′07″E / 35.5179°S 147.0354°E | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | |||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink | |||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Southern | |||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 580.29 kilometres from Central | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
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History edit
Henty station opened in 1880 as Doodle Cooma. It was renamed Henty on 4 February 1891, and relocated to its present site in 1904.[2][3] Opposite the platform lies a passing loop.
Services edit
Henty is served by two daily NSW TrainLink XPT services in each direction operating between Sydney and Melbourne.[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 to Sydney Central & Melbourne | request stop (booked passengers only) |
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- Looking north on the platform
- Looking south on the platform
Description edit
The heritage-listed station complex includes the main station building, which is a timber building of type 7 design with a skillion roof completed in 1904, the brick platform dating from c. 1880, and the goods shed, built from corrugated iron with dimensions of 45'x17' and a curved semi-elliptical roof.[1]
Heritage listing edit
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 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]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Henty Railway Station and yard group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01169. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
- ^ Henty Station 7 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine NSWrail.net
- ^ Henty Railway Precinct NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ "Southern timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.
Attribution edit
This Wikipedia article contains material from Henty Railway Station and yard group, entry number 01169 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.
External links edit
- Henty station details Transport for New South Wales