Bowning railway station is a
heritage-listed
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closed
railway station
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, located on the
Main Southern railway in
Bowning
Bowning is a small town in the South West Slopes, west of Yass on the Hume Highway in Yass Valley Shire. Bowning is an aboriginal word meaning 'big hill'. At the , Bowning and the surrounding area had a population of 573.
Nearby Bowning Hill ...
, in the
Southern Tablelands
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The area is characterised by high, flat country which has generally been extensively cl ...
region of
New South Wales
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, Australia. The station was added to the
New South Wales State Heritage Register
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on 2 April 1999.
History
Bowning station was opened in 1876 and closed to passenger services in the 1990s.
Bowning station
NSWrail.net. Accessed 8 August 2009.
Description
The large two-storey station building is on the down platform, and was built in 1875. The 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 ...
ed timber signal box dates from circa 1913, as does the type 6, timber J2 residence. The residence was sold on 2 February 1998 and is now privately owned and not included within the heritage listing. The station building itself was used as a residence, but had to be vacated due to termite damage and the presence of asbestos. , the exterior was in good condition, but a lot of the interior remained gutted. A timber shed is also included within the station site.[
The station had two brick ]island platform
An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...
s. The intact platform lighting forms part of the heritage listing. A 1913 steel and timber footbridge was removed .[
]
Heritage listing
In April 1999, Bowning 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 ...
,[ having satisfied the following criteria:
The statement of significance accompanying the heritage listing notes:
]
See also
References
Attribution
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Disused regional railway stations in New South Wales
Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1876
New South Wales State Heritage Register
Main Southern railway line, New South Wales
Railway stations in Australia closed in 1992