Henty railway station

Henty
Northbound view from the platform in July 2018
General information
LocationOlympic Highway, Henty
Australia
Coordinates35°31′04″S 147°02′07″E / 35.5179°S 147.0354°E / -35.5179; 147.0354
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated byNSW TrainLink
Line(s)Main Southern
Distance580.29 kilometres (360.58 mi) from Central
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
Station codeHTY
History
Opened1880
Rebuilt1904
Previous namesDoodle Cooma (1880-1891)
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Culcairn
towards Melbourne
 NSW TrainLink Southern Line
Melbourne XPT
 The Rock
towards Sydney
Former services
Preceding station Former services Following station
Former NSW Main line services
Culcairn
towards Albury
 Main Southern Line Yerong Creek
towards Sydney

Henty railway station is a 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]

History

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

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)
  • Station building and platform, December 2007
    Station building and platform, December 2007
  • View from along the platform, July 2018
    View from along the platform, July 2018

Description

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

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Henty Station Archived 7 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine NSWrail.net
  3. ^ Henty Railway Precinct NSW Environment & Heritage
  4. ^ "Southern timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.

Attribution

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.

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