Henty railway station

Railway station in New South Wales, Australia

Henty

Northbound view from the platform in July 2018

General information
Location| Olympic Highway, Henty
Coordinates| 35°31′04″S 147°02′07″E﻿ / ﻿35.5179°S 147.0354°E﻿ / -35.5179; 147.0354
Owned by| Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by| NSW TrainLink
Line(s)| Main Southern
Distance| 580.29 kilometres from Central
Platforms| 1
Tracks| 2
Construction
Structure type| Ground
Other information
Station code| HTY
History
Opened| 1880
Rebuilt| 1904
Previous names| Doodle Cooma (1880-1891)
Services
| Preceding station  |  NSW TrainLink | Following station

|
|

Culcairn

towards Melbourne

|  | NSW TrainLink Southern Line

Melbourne XPT

|  | The Rock

towards Sydney

Former services

| Preceding station  | Former services  | Following station

|
|

Former NSW Main line services
Culcairn

towards Albury

|  | Main Southern Line |  | Yerong Creek

towards Sydney

Henty railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Henty. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

## History

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Henty station opened in 1880 as Doodle Cooma. It was renamed Henty on 4 February 1891, and relocated to its present site in 1904.[2][3] Opposite the platform lies a passing loop.

## Services

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Henty is served by two daily NSW TrainLink XPT services in each direction operating between Sydney and Melbourne.[4] This is a request stop, so the train stops only if passengers booked to board/alight here.

Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes

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1 |

Southern Region

| services to Sydney Central & Melbourne | request stop (booked passengers only)

## Gallery

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* Station building and platform, December 2007

* View from along the platform, July 2018

## Description

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The heritage-listed station complex includes the main station building, which is a timber building of type 7 design with a skillion roof completed in 1904, the brick platform dating from c. 1880, and the goods shed, built from corrugated iron with dimensions of 45'x17' and a curved semi-elliptical roof.[1]

## Heritage listing

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This site contains a range of items not often found together, comprising a simple skillion roof timber station building with a rare curved roof goods shed, one of the few remaining and an early gatehouse of which several are found on that section of line. Individually the goods shed is of high significance and together they form an important group of buildings. They are also prominent in the centre of the small town of Henty on the main street.[1]

Henty 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.

This item is assessed as historically rare. This item is assessed as arch. rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Henty Railway Station and yard group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01169. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
2. ^ Henty Station Archived 7 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine NSWrail.net
3. ^ Henty Railway Precinct NSW Environment & Heritage
4. ^ "Southern timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.

### Attribution

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This Wikipedia article contains material from Henty Railway Station and yard group, entry number 01169 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 2 June 2018.

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