Bundanoon railway station

Bundanoon railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main South line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the small town of Bundanoon. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[2]

Bundanoon
Northbound view from Platform 1
LocationRailway Avenue, Bundanoon
Australia
Coordinates34°39′22″S 150°17′57″E
Elevation672 metres (2,205 ft)
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated byNSW TrainLink
Line(s)Main South
Distance119.8 kilometres from Central
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
Station codeBUN
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened6 August 1868
Previous namesJordans Crossing
Jordans Siding
Passengers
201330 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank274
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Penrose
toward Goulburn
 Southern Highlands Line Exeter
toward Central
Goulburn
toward Griffith or Canberra
 NSW TrainLink Southern Line
Griffith Xplorer Canberra Xplorer
 Moss Vale
toward Sydney

History

The station opened on 6 August 1868 as Jordans Crossing, being renamed Jordans Siding in 1878 and finally Bundanoon in 1881.[3]

The station has a signal box on platform 2 which controls a set of points just to the north of the station. Until the 2005 timetable one afternoon train a day terminated using this setup, the train arriving on platform 1 using the set of points, and departing back towards Campbelltown. This practice was discontinued, the signal box and points closed and the route curtailed to end at Moss Vale.

Bundanoon station celebrated 150 years since it opened on Sunday 5 August 2018.[4]

Platforms & services

Bundanoon has two side platforms. It is serviced by early morning and evening NSW TrainLink Southern Highlands Line services travelling between Sydney Central, Campbelltown, Moss Vale and Goulburn.[5]

During the day the station is served by a NSW TrainLink road coach service from Wollongong and another operating from Moss Vale to Goulburn.[5]

It is also serviced by NSW Trainlink Xplorer long-distance services from Sydney to Canberra & Griffith.[6] This station is a request stop for this service, so the train stops only if passengers booked to board/alight here.

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Moss Vale, Campbelltown & Sydney Central [5]
services to Sydney Centralrequest stop (booked passengers only)[6]
2 services to Goulburn [5]
services to Canberra & Griffithrequest stop (booked passengers only)[6]

Berrima Buslines operate one route via Bundanoon station:

Description

The station complex consists of a timber station building on the northbound platform (c. 1915) and another timber station building of an initial island side building design (c. 1910) with brick-faced platforms. It also contains a corrugated iron former toilet and shed (c. 1910), timber skillion roofed signal box (1914) and timber parcels office, all situated on the platforms, and a 30'x 15' corrugated iron goods shed of a side shed design.[2]

Heritage listing

Bundanoon station and yard group is an excellent example of an early 20th century station complex with remnants of the early period of construction including the unusual and rare small goods shed. The original buildings for a small =country location were expanded to take advantage of the holiday market in the early years of the century. The length of platforms indicate the relative importance of the station and the need for longer distance trains to stop here. The location of the site at a major intersection in the village of Bundanoon makes it an important visual element in the historic townscape that contributes significantly to the visual importance of the town. All of the listed elements contribute to the group and give a clear indication of the operation and style of a c. 1913 station group.[2]

Bundanoon railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[2]

References
  1. Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. "Bundanoon Railway Station and yard group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H01104. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  3. Bundanoon Station NSWrail.net
  4. Celebrating 150 years of Bundanoon station Transport for NSW
  5. "Southern Highlands line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  6. "Southern timetable". NSW Trainlink. 7 September 2019.
  7. "Berrima Buslines route 813". Transport for NSW.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article contains material from Bundanoon Railway Station and yard group, entry number 01104 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales and Office of Environment and Heritage 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.

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