Henty railway station facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Henty
Station in December 2007
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 South
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
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Culcairn toward Melbourne NSW TrainLink Southern Line Melbourne XPT The Rock toward 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 heritage-listed railway station located on the Main South 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.

History

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

Services

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

Description

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.

Heritage listing

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.

Henty railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

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.