Cobar railway station

Cobar railway station is a heritage-listed former railway station on the Cobar railway line at Cobar, in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[1]

Cobar railway station
Location	Cobar railway line, Cobar, Cobar Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	31.4921°S 145.8393°E / -31.4921; 145.8393
Owner	Transport Asset Manager of New South Wales
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name	Cobar Railway Station and yard
Type	state heritage (complex / group)
Designated	2 April 1999
Reference no.	1114
Type	Railway Platform / Station
Category	Transport – Rail
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History

Passenger services to the station ceased c. 1976.^[2]

Description

Platform

The heritage-listed complex consists of a brick station building of a type 4 standard roadside third class design with brackets and a timber faced platform, dating from 1892, the former railway barracks and a loading bank.^[1]

Heritage listing

Heritage boundaries

Cobar station is an excellent station building from the peak period of railway construction at a remote location at the end of a branch line built to serve the mining activity in the area, a role still played today. The building represents the finest construction and detailing and is in excellent original condition. It is an important civic building in Cobar and an important element of the States railway history.^[1]

Cobar railway station and yard was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.^[1]

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.^[1]

See also

• New South Wales portal