Mount Murray is a former railway station near Mount Murray on the Unanderra to Moss Vale railway line

Unanderra-Moss Vale railway line, New South Wales

The Unanderra – Moss Vale railway line is a cross country railway line in New South Wales, Australia. The line branches from the Illawarra railway line at the town of Unanderra and winds west over the Illawarra escarpment to the Southern Highlands town of Moss Vale...

 in New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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. The station is listed on local and NSW State Heritage Register

NSW State Heritage Register

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s as a rare surviving example of small station infrastructure.

History

The station was opened with the line on 20 August 1932, as part of the war effort for a 400-metre-long crossing loop for heavy World War II

World War II

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 traffic. The platform was constructed from pre-cast concrete and the single small station building was of timber. The crossing loop was reopened and extended to 650 metres following the installation of CTC in the 1980s. Since September 2008, signalling functions for the crossing loop through the station and the adjoining main line have been managed by Railcorp's network control centre in Junee

Junee, New South Wales

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.

Heritage status

The station buildings were listed as heritage items by Wingecarribee Shire Council in 1989. In 1999 the station and an area of tracks 50 metres either side of it were also listed on the NSW State Heritage Register. The station was described as architecturally, historically and socially rare, and "representative of many small structures that have been removed from the rail system as branch lines and small locations have become redundant."

The line alongside the platform also forms part of the Sydney

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 to Moss Vale

Moss Vale, New South Wales

Moss Vale is a town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. It has a population of 7,339 and is sited on the Illawarra Highway, which connects to Wollongong and the Illawarra coast via Macquarie Pass...

 heritage run operated by 3801 steam locomotives.

External links

• Photo of station
• http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=71070