Tarana railway station is a heritage-listed
railway station
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located on the
Main Western line in
Tarana
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City of Lithgow
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, Australia. It is also known as the Tarana Railway Station and yard group. 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.
It opened on 22 August 1872. The track was lifted from the northern platform in 1996 when the section of the Main Western line between Wallerawang and Tarana was singled.
It was the junction for the
Oberon line that closed in 1979. The
Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway
The Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway inc (OTHR) is a volunteer association aiming to reopen the Oberon to Tarana railway line in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, and run heritage trains.
The Line
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group has a vision to restore the line from Oberon to Tarana.
Description
The railway station complex comprises:
[
*Station buildings
** station/residence - type 1, brick with extensions, 1872
** type 11, brick, 1915
*Signal box - type 3, timber, ]skillion roof
A shed roof, also known variously as a pent roof, lean-to roof, outshot, catslide, skillion roof (in Australia and New Zealand), and, rarely, a mono-pitched roof,Cowan, Henry J., and Peter R. Smith. ''Dictionary of Architectural and Building Te ...
, 1916
*Platform faces - brick
*Dock platform
*Pedestrian bridge, steel, c. 1916
*Jib crane
*Water tank - type 1 cast-iron, up platform,
*Station lighting
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and signs
Services
Tarana is served by NSW TrainLink
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's daily '' Central West XPT'' service operating between Sydney
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and Dubbo
Dubbo () is a city in the Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre in the Orana region, with a population of 43,516 at June 2021.
The city is located at the intersection of the Newell, Mitchell, and Gol ...
.[ The XPT only stops here on request if passengers have booked to board/alight here. From 16 September 2019 the 4 times daily '']Bathurst Bullet
The Bathurst Bullet is an express passenger train on the Blue Mountains Line operated by NSW TrainLink between Sydney and Bathurst. The service operates from Bathurst towards Sydney in the morning, and returns in the afternoon.
History
At the ...
'' also stops here.[
* From 1 June 2020, bus route 598 operates a Monday to Friday morning bus service from ]Oberon
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connecting with the second Bathurst Bullet
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History
At the ...
train to Sydney . In the afternoon the service to Oberon connects with the first Bathurst Bullet from Sydney.Route 598
Transport for NSW
Heritage listing
As at 9 January 2008, the structures form a large group indicating the form of the site following duplication during 1916. It is largely intact, the only significant element missing being the goods shed. It contains a fine example of a station/residence in combination with a range of interesting supportive structures.
The station group forms one of the best station complexes surviving from the early period of railway construction.[
Tarana 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 arch. rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.][
]
See also
* List of regional railway stations in New South Wales
References
Attribution
External links
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Tarana station details
Transport for New South Wales
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New South Wales State Heritage Register
City of Lithgow
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Easy Access railway stations in New South Wales
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1872
Regional railway stations in New South Wales
Main Western railway line, New South Wales