Menangle railway station

Railway station in New South Wales, Australia

34°07′31″S 150°44′40″E / 34.125163°S 150.744444°E / -34.125163; 150.744444Elevation84 metres (276 ft)Owned byTransport Asset Holding EntityOperated byNSW TrainLinkLine(s)Main SouthernDistance65.33 kilometres from Central[1]Platforms2 sideTracks2ConnectionsBusConstructionStructure typeGroundOther informationStation codeMGEWebsiteTransport for NSWHistoryOpened1 July 1863Passengers2023[3]
  • 4,970 (year)
  • 14 (daily)[2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Douglas Park
towards Moss Vale or Goulburn
 Southern Highlands Line Menangle Park
towards Campbelltown or Central
Official nameMenangle Railway Station groupTypeState heritage (complex / group)Designated2 April 1999Reference no.1191TypeRailway Platform/ StationCategoryTransport – Rail

Menangle railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern line in the south-western Sydney settlement of Menangle in the Wollondilly Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Menangle Railway Station group. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[4] The station opened on 1 July 1863.[5][6]

Platforms and services

Menangle has two side platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Southern Highlands Line services travelling between Campbelltown and Moss Vale with 2 weekend morning services to Sydney Central and limited evening services to Goulburn.[7]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1
SHL
 services to Campbelltown
2 weekend morning services to Sydney Central		 [7]
2
SHL
 services to Moss Vale
evening services to Goulburn (2 weekday, 1 weekend)		 [7]

Description

The station complex comprises a type 1 station building and residence, erected in 1863; a brick WC block that was erected in 1863, however no longer extant, removed pre-2000; and a brick northbound platform and platform face at the Goulburn end on, also erected in 1863.[4]

Transport links

Transit Systems operates two bus routes via Menangle station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Heritage listing

Menangle station group is one of the earliest station complexes to survive in the state. It is a combination station building and residence which has had substantial additions. Although the second platform and building have been demolished for a new platform the remaining up buildings and platform are of very high significance in the development of railway buildings. Significant features of this building are its lack of awning to the platform, the unusual planning of the building with detached wings, room for porters, no waiting room and the asymmetrical elevations. The remaining structures are of national significance in conjunction with the railway underbridge listed separately.[4]

Menangle railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.[4]

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 scientifically rare. This item is assessed as arch. rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.[4]

See also

  • flagNew South Wales portal
  • Railways portal
  • List of regional railway stations in New South Wales

References

  1. ^ https://www.artc.com.au/uploads/ARTCS3090006_NS_Sth.pdf
  2. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  3. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Menangle Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01191. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  5. ^ Menangle Station NSWrail.net
  6. ^ "Rise and Fall of a Station – Memories of Menangle" Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin October 1992 pages 231-240
  7. ^ a b c "Southern Highlands line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  8. ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  9. ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article contains material from Menangle Railway Station group, entry number 01191 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

  • Media related to Menangle railway station at Wikimedia Commons
  • Menangle station details Transport for New South Wales
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  • Stations and services in italics are planned or under construction
  • Stations in (parentheses) are uncommon stops for the listed service