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Couridjah railway station
Former railway station in New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Couridjah railway station is a heritage-listed disused railway station located on the Picton–Mittagong loop railway line in the south-western Sydney settlement of Couridjah in the Wollondilly Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]
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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.[2] 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 NSW Rail Museum in Thirlmere.[3] Occasionally, the museum operates steam heritage trains on the line through the station, between Thirlmere, Picton and Buxton.[4]
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Description
The complex comprises a type 9 timber waiting shed non-standard bracketed building that is used the railway station building, erected in 1867; a platform face and platform surface.[1]
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.[1]
Couridjah railway station 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.[citation needed]
This item is assessed as historically and socially rare. This item is assessed as arch. rare.[1]
See also
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References
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