Macksville railway station is a
heritage-listed
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railway station
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located on the
North Coast line in
Macksville,
Nambucca Shire
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The shire services an area of and is located adjacent to the Pacific Highway and the North Coast railway line. At the , Nambucc ...
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New South Wales
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, Australia. The station serves the town of Macksville, and opened on 1 July 1919 when the line was extended from
Kempsey. The station is also known as Macksville Railway Station group. The property was added to the
New South Wales State Heritage Register
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on 2 April 1999.
Platforms and services
Macksville has one platform. Each day northbound
XPT services operate to
Grafton,
Casino
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and
Brisbane
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, with three southbound services operating to
Sydney
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. This station is a request stop for the northbound Brisbane XPT and the southbound Casino XPT, so these services stop here only if passengers have booked to board/alight here. A goods yard and passing loop were formerly opposite the station, until disconnected in June 2012.
["North Coast News - Macksville Yard Rationalistaion" '']Railway Digest
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Overview
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'' August 2013 page 15
Description
The complex comprises a type 11 station building, completed in 1919; and concrete and steel platform faces, also completed in 1919.
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Heritage listing
Macksville is a modest site with a timber station building. It is typical of many small stations throughout the State and is a very good representative example of a north coast line station building and site.[
Macksville 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 architecturally rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.][
]
See also
References
Attribution
External links
Macksville station details
Transport for New South Wales
{{Transport for New South Wales railway stations, North Coast Region=y, state=collapsed
Easy Access railway stations in New South Wales
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1919
Regional railway stations in New South Wales
New South Wales State Heritage Register
Macksville, New South Wales
Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register
North Coast railway line, New South Wales