Marulan railway station

Marulan
Northbound view from Platform 2, January 2006
General information
LocationGeorge Street, Marulan
Australia
Coordinates34°42′34″S 150°00′23″E / 34.709528°S 150.006447°E / -34.709528; 150.006447
Elevation647 metres (2,123 ft)
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated byNSW TrainLink
Line(s)Main Southern
Distance192.9 kilometres (119.9 mi) from Central[1]
Platforms2 (2 side)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleAssisted access
Other information
Station codeMRX
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened6 August 1868
Passengers
2023[3]
  • 650 (year)
  • 2 (daily)[2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Goulburn
Terminus
Southern Highlands Line Tallong
towards Central

Marulan railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Marulan. It opened on 6 August 1868.[4] It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[5]

Platforms and services

Marulan has two side platforms and one dock platform. It is serviced by early morning and evening NSW TrainLink Southern Highlands Line services travelling between Sydney Central, Campbelltown, Moss Vale and Goulburn.[6] A south facing dock platform was used to stable maintenance vehicles. It was removed when a pedestrian ramp was installed in April 2014.[7]

During the day it is served by one NSW TrainLink road coach service in each direction between Moss Vale and Goulburn.[6]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Moss Vale, Campbelltown & Sydney Central [6]
2 services to Goulburn [6]

Description

The station complex includes a type 1 brick combination station building and residence completed in 1867, with a verandah dating from 1874. The railway platform is faced in brick and dates from c. 1915. A timber signal box situated on the platform, dating from c. 1915 and the overbridge road at the Sydney end comprise part of the complex. A Goulburn works 20 ton weighbridge (c.) 1923 is no longer extant, having been removed at an unknown date prior to September 2004.[5]

Heritage listing

Marulan is a rare surviving station dating from the opening of the line with relatively small changes to the fabric of the station building. Although much equipment at the site has been removed and there are only remnants of the goods yard surviving, the station building in particular is significant in understanding the development of railways and is a significant townscape and landscape element, particularly when viewed from the overbridge or the park in the main street. The residence and weighbridge add to the site, the weighbridge indicating the nature of the remainder of the yard now deserted with most facilities removed and the residence relating to the rear of the station building with its frontage to the main street.[5]

Marulan railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.[5]

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.[5]

References

  1. ^ https://www.artc.com.au/uploads/ARTCS3090006_NS_Sth.pdf [bare URL 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. ^ Marulan Station NSWrail.net
  5. ^ a b c d e "Marulan Railway Station and yard group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01188. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
  6. ^ a b c d "Southern Highlands line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  7. ^ Completed Works Archived 11 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW

Attribution

This Wikipedia article contains material from Marulan Railway Station and yard group, entry number 01188 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.