Couridjah railway station is a heritage-listed disused

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

located on the

Picton–Mittagong loop railway line The Picton–Mittagong Loop Line is a partly disused railway line between the towns of Picton and Mittagong in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. History The Picton–Mittagong line was opened in February 1867 as part of ...

in the south-western

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settlement of Couridjah in the

Wollondilly Shire Wollondilly Shire is a Peri-urbanisation, periurban Local government in Australia, local government area that is located on the far southwest fringe of the Sydney, Greater Sydney area in New South Wales, Australia. The local government area is pa ...

local government area of

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, Australia. 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.

History

The station opened on 2 December 1867 as Picton Lagoons Tank, was renamed Lagoons in 1878, Picton Lakes on 21 April 1879 and finally Couridjah on 1 January 1929. The station along with the rest of the line was closed to passenger services in 1978. The station has been restored by volunteers from the

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. Occasionally, the museum operates steam heritage trains on the line through the station, between

, Picton and

Buxton Buxton is a spa town in the High Peak, Derbyshire, Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.Alston, Cumbria also claims this, but lacks a regu ...

Description

The complex comprises a type 9 timber waiting

shed A shed is typically a simple, single-storey (though some sheds may have two or more stories and or a loft) roofed structure, often used for storage, for hobby, hobbies, or as a workshop, and typically serving as outbuilding, such as in a bac ...

non-standard bracketed building that is used the railway station building, erected in 1867; a platform face and platform surface.

Heritage listing

Couridjah station building is a rare non-standard timber building from early in the development of the railway (1867), there being one other similar building at Raglan, and is of high significance, even though a modest building. Couridjah 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 and socially rare. This item is assessed as arch. rare.

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{{NSW-SHR-CC, name=Couridjah Railway Station, dno=5045273, id=01121, year=2018, accessdate=2 June 2018 Disused regional railway stations in New South Wales Railway stations in Australia opened in 1867 New South Wales State Heritage Register Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register Main Southern railway line, New South Wales Wollondilly Shire Railway stations in Australia closed in 1978

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