Armidale railway station
Armidale railway station is a heritage-listed railway station at 240 Brown Street, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1882 to 1883 by Edmund Lonsdale and Henry Sheldon Hoddard, and was opened on 3 February 1883 when the line was extended from Uralla. It was the terminus of the line until it was extended to Glen Innes on 19 August 1884. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
Armidale | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 240 Brown Street, Armidale | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°30′55″S 151°39′06″E | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main North | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 578.87 km (359.69 mi) from Central | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Staffed: 7.30am-11.30am, 1.55pm-5.55pm
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| Station code | ARM | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 3 February 1883 | ||||||||||||
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New South Wales Heritage Register | |||||||||||||
| Official name | Armidale Railway Station & Stationmaster's residence | ||||||||||||
| Type | Complex / Group | ||||||||||||
| Criteria | a., b., c., d., e., g. | ||||||||||||
| Designated | 2 April 1999 | ||||||||||||
| Reference no. | 01074 | ||||||||||||
New South Wales Heritage Register | |||||||||||||
| Official name | Armidale Railway Station and yard group movable relics | ||||||||||||
| Type | Complex / Group | ||||||||||||
| Designated | 2 April 1999 | ||||||||||||
| Reference no. | 01075 | ||||||||||||
New South Wales Heritage Register | |||||||||||||
| Official name | Railway Turntable | ||||||||||||
| Type | Built | ||||||||||||
| Designated | 2 April 1999 | ||||||||||||
| Reference no. | 01233 | ||||||||||||
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Armidale Location within New South Wales | |||||||||||||
It is the terminal station of the Main North line. The last regular services to operate north of Armidale was the Northern Mail which ceased in November 1988. Freight services continued to serve a fertiliser depot at Dumaresq until the mid-2000s, after which the line closed north of Armidale.