Mount Murray is a heritage-listed former
railway station
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in
Mount Murray
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on the
Unanderra to Moss Vale railway line in
New South Wales
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,
Australia
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. The station is listed on local and
NSW State Heritage Registers as a rare surviving example of small station infrastructure.
The platform is located on a passing loop, which is still in use today.
History
The station was opened with the line on 20 August 1932, as part of the war effort for a long
crossing loop
A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place, refuge loop or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at or near a station, where trains o ...
for heavy
World War II
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traffic. The platform was constructed from pre-cast concrete and the single small station building was of timber.
The crossing loop was reopened and extended to following the installation of
CTC in the 1980s. Since September 2008, signalling functions for the crossing loop through the station and the adjoining main line have been managed by ARTC's network control centre in
Junee
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.
Description
The station precinct consists of a timber wayside station building of a type 13 design with a platform faced in pre-cast concrete, dating from 1932. A toilet block also forms part of the complex.
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Heritage status
The station buildings were listed as heritage items by Wingecarribee Shire Council in 1989. In 1999 the station and an area of tracks either side of it were also listed on the NSW State Heritage Register. The station was described as architecturally, historically and socially rare, and "representative of many small structures that have been removed from the rail system as branch lines and small locations have become redundant."Sydney
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to Moss Vale
Moss Vale is a town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. Moss Vale is the administrative centre of Wingecarribee Shire local government area. It is located south-west of Sydney and north-east of Canberra. The Illawarra Hi ...
heritage run operated by 3801 steam locomotives.[}]
References
External links
Photo of station
Mount Murray railway station
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1932
Disused regional railway stations in New South Wales
New South Wales State Heritage Register
Railway stations in Australia closed in the 1980s
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