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Harden railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the
Harden station opened on 12 March 1877 as Murrumburrah when the
NSW Environment & Heritage In 1885, Harden became a junction station with the opening of the Blayney-Demondrille line as far as
Harden is a good example of a substantial station building and refreshment room complex that was designed for single line operation and converted to double track operation by adding a rear platform to the original street frontage and providing a subway to gain access to the station. The station has undergone a number of alterations, retains its early form and exhibits clearly the changes that have taken place. The signal boxes are excellent examples of large boxes from a major depot, most of the facilities of which have now been removed. They demonstrate two varying style of construction. The remains of the former engine depot are reminders when Harden was a major engine servicing and changing station from the 1880s until replaced by Demondrille in 1922.
Harden railway station was listed on the
Harden station details
Transport for New South Wales {{Transport for New South Wales railway stations, Southern Region=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Australia opened in 1877 Regional railway stations in New South Wales New South Wales State Heritage Register Harden, New South Wales Main Southern railway line, New South Wales
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in New South Wales
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, Australia. It serves the town of Harden. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register
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on 2 April 1999.
History
Harden station opened on 12 March 1877 as Murrumburrah when the Main South line
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was extended from Binalong
Binalong (Bine-a-long) is a village in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, 37 km north-west of Yass in Yass Valley Shire. At the , Binalong and the surrounding area had a population of 543.
History
Original inhabit ...
. It served as the terminus until the line was extended to Cootamundra
Cootamundra, nicknamed Coota, is a town in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia and within the Riverina. It is within the Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council. At the 2016 Census, Cootamundra had a population of 6,782. ...
on 1 November 1877. It was renamed North Murrumburrah on 5 September 1878 and finally Harden on 1 September 1880. In 1914, the platform was converted to an island platform as part of the duplication of the line.Harden Railway PrecinctNSW Environment & Heritage In 1885, Harden became a junction station with the opening of the Blayney-Demondrille line as far as
Young
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, ultimately reaching Blayney in 1888. Although it branched off the Main South line six kilometres south of the station at Demondrille, Harden was the terminus for many services and became an important railway town
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gaining a locomotive depot that lasted until the late 1960s.
A CPH railmotor
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Introduction
Often referred to as "Tin Hares", having evolved at the same time as the mechanica ...
connected with the ''Riverina Express
The Riverina Express was a passenger train operated by the New South Wales Government Railways between Sydney, Griffith and Albury from September 1949 until November 1993.
History
The ''Riverina Express'' was introduced in September 1949 and o ...
'' and ''South Mail
The South Mail was an Australian passenger train that ran from Sydney to Albury
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'' until replaced by a road coach in November 1983.
Until the closure of the Blayney-Demondrille line in August 2009, Harden was a popular destination for Lachlan Valley Railway
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steam locomotive hauled trains from Cowra
Cowra is a small town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre and the council seat for the Cowra Shire, with a population of 9,863.
Cowra is located approximately above sea level, on the ...
with an operational turntable
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maintained.
Services
Harden is served by two dailyNSW TrainLink
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XPT services in each direction operating between Sydney
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and Melbourne
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, and a twice weekly NSW TrainLink
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Xplorer between Griffith
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and Sydney
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split from Canberrra services at Goulburn
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. NSW TrainLink also operate a road coach service from Queanbeyan
Queanbeyan ( ) is a city in the south-eastern region of New South Wales, Australia, located adjacent to the Australian Capital Territory in the Southern Tablelands region. Located on the Queanbeyan River, the city is the council seat of the ...
to Cootamundra
Cootamundra, nicknamed Coota, is a town in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia and within the Riverina. It is within the Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council. At the 2016 Census, Cootamundra had a population of 6,782. ...
via Harden station. This station is a request stop for the Melbourne XPT & the Sydney-bound Griffith Xplorer, so these services stop only if passengers booked to board/alight here.
Description
The station consists of a second-class brick station building of a type 3 design and brick platforms, dating from 1877 with alterations in 1881 and 1919, two-storey refreshment rooms dating from 1884, a signal box with a hip roof dating from 1912, and the stationmaster's residence located at 51 Whitton Street. Remains of the former engineshed
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, turntable and coal stage support are included in the station's heritage listing.
Heritage listing
Harden is a good example of a substantial station building and refreshment room complex that was designed for single line operation and converted to double track operation by adding a rear platform to the original street frontage and providing a subway to gain access to the station. The station has undergone a number of alterations, retains its early form and exhibits clearly the changes that have taken place. The signal boxes are excellent examples of large boxes from a major depot, most of the facilities of which have now been removed. They demonstrate two varying style of construction. The remains of the former engine depot are reminders when Harden was a major engine servicing and changing station from the 1880s until replaced by Demondrille in 1922.
Harden 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 rare. This item is assessed as scientifically rare. This item is assessed as arch. rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.
References
Attribution
External links
*Harden station details
Transport for New South Wales {{Transport for New South Wales railway stations, Southern Region=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Australia opened in 1877 Regional railway stations in New South Wales New South Wales State Heritage Register Harden, New South Wales Main Southern railway line, New South Wales