Henty railway station is heritage-listed railway station located on the

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, Australia. It serves the town of

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. It was added to the

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on 2 April 1999.

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. Opposite the platform lies a passing loop.

Services

Henty is served by two daily

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XPT services in each direction operating between

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and

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. This is a request stop, so the train stops only if passengers booked to board/alight here.

Description

The heritage-listed station complex includes the main station building, which is a timber building of type 7 design with a

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completed in 1904, the brick platform dating from 1880, and the

goods shed A goods shed is a railway building designed for storing goods before or after carriage in a train. A typical goods shed will have a track running through it to allow goods wagons to be unloaded under cover, although sometimes they were built ...

, built from

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with dimensions of 45'x17' and a curved semi-elliptical roof.

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. Henty railway station was listed on the

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 arch. rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.

References

Attribution

External links

Henty 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 1880 Regional railway stations in New South Wales New South Wales State Heritage Register Main Southern railway line, New South Wales