Lue railway station
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| Lue railway station | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Heritage boundaries | |
| Location | Wallerawang-Gwabegar railway, Lue, Mid-Western Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 32°39′19″S 149°50′44″E / 32.6554°S 149.8456°E |
| Owner | Transport Asset Holding Entity |
| Official name | Lue Railway Station group |
| Type | state heritage (complex / group) |
| Designated | 2 April 1999 |
| Reference no. | 1183 |
| Type | Railway Platform/ Station |
| Category | Transport - Rail |
  Location of Lue railway station in New South Wales  Lue railway station (Australia) | |
Lue railway station is a heritage-listed former railway station on the Gwabegar railway line at Lue, Mid-Western Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]
Lue railway station opened on 10 September 1884 along with the extension of the railway from Rylstone to Mudgee. Passenger services were suspended from 2 December 1985 and the station formally closed from 18 March 1986, although freight services along the section of line continued until 1992. The line through Lue reopened for freight services on 2 September 2000; although the station itself was repainted by locals in preparation, it remained closed and boarded up, and all services on the section of line were suspended again on 30 June 2007.[2][3]
Description
The station complex consists of a brick station building in a type 4 standard roadside third-class design with a brick platform, completed in 1884, and a concrete panel signal box in a type 5 design, completed in 1920.[1]
The station formerly had a dock platform on the down end for unloading wagons and a loop line siding opposite the station for stockyard purposes.[3]
