Tenterfield | |||||||||||
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 Tenterfield railway station, 2017 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Railway Avenue, Tenterfield, Tenterfield Shire, New South Wales Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°03′20″S 152°00′19″E / 29.0555°S 152.0053°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Operated by | State Rail Authority | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Northern | ||||||||||
| Distance | 773.87 km (480.86 mi) from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | ||||||||||
| Station code | TEN | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 September 1886 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 22 October 1989 | ||||||||||
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| Official name | Tenterfield Railway Station group | ||||||||||
| Type | State heritage (complex / group) | ||||||||||
| Designated | 2 April 1999 | ||||||||||
| Reference no. | 1267 | ||||||||||
| Type | Railway Platform / Station | ||||||||||
| Category | Transport - Rail | ||||||||||
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The Tenterfield railway station is a heritage-listed closed railway station and now railway museum located on the Main Northern line, Tenterfield, Tenterfield Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It served the town of Tenterfield and opened on 1 September 1886 when the line was extended from Glen Innes. It was the terminus of the line until it was extended to Wallangarra on 16 January 1888.[1] The railway station was designed by William Murray under the direction of John Whitton, the Chief Engineer of NSW Government Railways, and built during 1886. It is also known as Tenterfield Railway Station group. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[2][3] The station has one platform with two loops.
The last train to operate north of Tenterfield was an Australian Railway Historical Society charter on 15 January 1988 hauled by diesel locomotive 4487.[4] The last train to operate north of Glen Innes was hauled by steam locomotive 3001 on 22 October 1989 after which the line was formally closed north of Dumaresq.[5][6] The last train to regularly service Tenterfield was the overnight Northern Mail which ceased in November 1988.[7] The Northern Tablelands Express provided a daylight service to Tenterfield until truncated in October 1985 to Armidale.[8]
After its closure, the station became home to the Tenterfield Railway Station Museum.[9]
- ^ "Tenterfield Station". NSWrail.net. n.d.
- ^ "Tenterfield Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01267. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
- ^ "Tenterfield Railway Precinct". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
- ^ "To the Border or Bust". Railway Digest: 99. March 1988.
- ^ "Gone: "Irish Lyn" and Trains - But at Least the Lizards are Safe". Railway Digest: 399. December 1989.
- ^ "Glen Innes". Railway Digest: 412. December 1989.
- ^ "Requiem for a Mail". Railway Digest: 14. January 1989.
- ^ "More Timetable Changes". Railway Digest: 326. November 1985.
- ^ "Home". Tenterfield Railway Station Museum. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012.
