Armidale railway station

• 1882 – Contract awarded for the construction of engine crew barracks, porters' cottages and gate house;
• 1886 – Tender awarded for construction of refreshment rooms;
• 1907 – Platform at southern end extended;
• 1912 – Platform extended;
• 1913 – Overbridge between Jessie and Dangar Streets opened and Dangar Street level crossing closed;
• 1916 – Refreshment room taken over by the NSWGR;
• 1920 – Institute building authorised;
• 1922 – A subway at Niagara Street provided and level crossing at this street and other crossings at 579.90 km and 583.10 km closed;
• 1926 – A loading bank for loading sheep erected[3]

• 1882 – Contract awarded for provision of a coal stage and pumphouse;
• 1882 – Contract awarded for the construction of 3-track engine shed;
• 1882 – Engine shed opened as a "through type" shed;
• 1891 – Coal stage 18.2m long erected;
• 1899 – An 18.2m diameter turntable provided, replacing the 15.240m diameter unit originally installed;
• 1918 – A 14.1 kW oil engine and shafting in the machine shop installed;
• 1923 – A drop pit and engine pits provided;
• 1923 – Holman hoist erected for coal loading;
• 1923 – Boilermakers shop erected;
• 1926 – Holman coal hoist installed;
• 1926 – 22.8m diameter turntable ordered from Messrs Poole & Steel Ltd.;
• 1945 – 90kL water tank erected;
• 1976 – Diesel locomotive and wagon repair shed and yard modifications;
• 1984 – Depot closed.

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This is a major first-class station building constructed of rendered brick with a pavilion at each end. The main booking office is located centrally and is marked by a raised transverse gable roof and separate entrance roof. The entrance is flanked by verandahs with cast-iron columns decorated with filigree detailing. The platform awning is largely in the form of the earlier buildings and is also supported on cast-iron columns and brackets. The building has a well-detailed decorative dentil course with projecting brickwork. The roof is now clad in corrugated iron (formerly slate). Some sections of the verandah have been in-filled as has the section linking the eastern pavilion to the main building.[3]

The building does not follow the standard lineal arrangement seen in many railway structure, with the station master's office on the street side accessed through the ticket office and parcels, separated from the booking hall with a main street entrance. The building also has two ladies waiting rooms, one at each end of the building.[3]

It is a large structure consisting of two sections: the first, is of timber construction built in 1883 with a gabled, corrugated, galvanised iron roof that overhangs the building, supported by timber braces, and provides covering for two loading stages on both sides of the building. The building includes a storeroom and an office, which originally was an annex to the building but is now covered by the second section. The second section is a brick and patent steel extension constructed in 1965 (partly re-clad in the 1980s) that provides a large, covered loading area. The loading crane has been removed.[3]

The station platform dates from 1883 and has a brick face with ramped ends. The brick face dock platform is also heritage-listed.

The barracks is a c. 1880s masonry building and c. 1940s timber building. It is of brick-and-timber construction with a covered verandah (12.5 m). It is possibly the oldest extant drivers' rest house, although the roof not original.[3]

The former per way offices and sheds is a corrugated, galvanised iron structure currently housing a trike collection.[3]

The 1899 turntable is of 18.2 m diameter and is also separately listed on the New South Wales Heritage Register.

The station sign, scales, station clock and fences are also heritage-listed.[3]

• "Armidale Railway Museum". 2007.
• Attraction Homepage (2007). "Armidale Railway Museum".

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Armidale Railway Station & Stationmaster's residence, entry number 01074 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 28 May 2018.