Couridjah railway station is a heritage-listed disused
railway station
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located on the
Picton – Mittagong loop railway line
Picton may refer to:
Places
*Picton Castle, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
* Picton, Cheshire, England, UK
*Picton (ward), an electoral ward of the Liverpool City Council, England, UK
*Picton, New South Wales, Australia
* Picton, Western Australia, a ...
Wollondilly Shire
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local government area of
New South Wales
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, Australia. The property was added to the
New South Wales State Heritage Register
The New South Wales State Heritage Register, also known as NSW State Heritage Register, is a heritage list of places in the state of New South Wales, Australia, that are protected by New South Wales legislation, generally covered by the Heritag ...
on 2 April 1999.
History
The station opened on 2 December 1867 as ''Picton Lagoons Tank'', was renamed ''Lagoons'' in 1878, ''Picton Lakes'' on 21 April 1879 and finally Couridjah on 1 January 1929. The station along with the Loop Line was closed in 1978.
The station has been restored by volunteers from the
NSW Rail Museum
The NSW Rail Museum is the main railway museum in New South Wales, Australia. A division of Transport Heritage NSW, it was previously known as the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum (NSWRTM), Rail Heritage Centre and Trainworks.
Transport H ...
in
Thirlmere
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. Occasionally, the museum operates steam heritage trains on the line through the station, between
Thirlmere
Thirlmere is a reservoir in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria and the English Lake District. The Helvellyn ridge lies to the east of Thirlmere. To the west of Thirlmere are a number of fells; for instance, Armboth Fell and Raven Crag both ...
Buxton
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Heritage listing
Couridjah station building is a rare non-standard timber building from early in the development of the railway (1867), there being one other similar building at Raglan, and is of high significance, even though a modest building.
Couridjah railway station was listed on the
New South Wales State Heritage Register
The New South Wales State Heritage Register, also known as NSW State Heritage Register, is a heritage list of places in the state of New South Wales, Australia, that are protected by New South Wales legislation, generally covered by the Heritag ...
on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.
The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.
This item is assessed as historically and socially rare. This item is assessed as arch. rare.