Wingello railway station

Wingello railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main Southern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the village of Wingello. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[4]

Wingello
Southbound view from Platform 2, January 2006
General information
Location	Sydney Road, Wingello Australia
Coordinates	34°41′32″S 150°09′30″E
Elevation	679 metres (2,228 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	NSW TrainLink
Line(s)	Main Southern
Distance	177.14 kilometres (110.07 mi) from Central[1]
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Station code	WNE
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	1 June 1871
Passengers
2023[2]	<600 (year) 1-2 (daily)[3] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Tallong towards Goulburn Southern Highlands Line Penrose towards Central

History

It opened on 1 June 1871 as a siding, with a station built in 1882.^[5]

Platforms and services

Wingello has two side platforms. It is serviced by early morning and evening NSW TrainLink Southern Highlands Line services travelling between Sydney Central, Campbelltown, Moss Vale and Goulburn.^[6]

During the day, it is served by one NSW TrainLink road coach service in each direction between Moss Vale and Goulburn.^[6]

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	SHL	services to Moss Vale, Campbelltown & Sydney Central	[6]
2	SHL	services to Goulburn	[6]

Description

The station complex includes two timber station buildings: a third-class building of type 4 design (1871) and a timber island/side building (1915) with shelter shed and a brick-faced platform (1915). A reverse skillion-roofed timber signal box (1915) and skillion roofed out of shed also form part of the precinct. The station plantings, lights and furniture are also included in the heritage listing.^[4]

Heritage listing

Wingello is an excellent example of a small country location with both platforms and buildings intact with timber buildings and a good collection of miscellaneous supporting structures. It is a rare example where both buildings survive and is typical of many similar arrangements which have now been removed. It is on a section of line where a number of early buildings survive to demonstrate early construction techniques and styles of building. The 1871 building is one of the earliest surviving buildings on that section of line.^[7][4]

Wingello railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[4]

References

1. "Railway map" (PDF). www.artc.com.au.
2. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
3. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
4. "Wingello Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01288. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
5. Wingello Station NSWrail.net
6. "Southern Highlands line timetable". Transport for NSW.
7. Higginbotham, 2010: 157–58

Attribution

This Wikipedia article contains material from Wingello Railway Station group, entry number 01288 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.

External links

• Media related to Wingello railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Wingello station details Transport for New South Wales