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1885 a "receiving office" opened at the railway station and it was upgraded to a post office in 1886. During the late 19th century Ben Lomond station also provided additional community services including a telegraph service and banking facilities. During the mid-1880s the station is said to have been used for
Anglican Church services before the erection of a chapel in 1897. The goods shed was used as a community hall until 1905. Other additions to the railway yard included a dam and an additional water tank installed between 1903 and 1905.
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Ben Lomond railway station was the principal meeting place and an important site for business transactions during the early development of the local community at Ben Lomond. Although railway services have ceased and the town has declined, the station building still remains a significant landmark in
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By 1881 construction of the Great
Northern line had reached the Ben Lomond area and by 1883 construction reached its peak with hundreds of people employed on the project. The station building at Ben Lomond opened on 19 August 1884 and in the same year a twenty thousand gallon tank was installed. By
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Ben Lomond railway station is a good intact example of a modest late-Victorian passenger station at a minor country location on the former Great
Northern line. The station building demonstrates some minor architectural pretensions and while similar in design to other comparable railway stations it
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which had been in existence since the 1930s. In 1983 the goods shed was sold and removed and in
December 1985, 101 years after its official opening, the station closed. Rail operations ceased along the Great Northern line in 1989 and in 1991 the Station Master's residence at Ben Lomond was sold.
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The mid 1920s were probably the heyday of railway activities at Ben Lomond when passenger journeys, freight tonnage and revenues all peaked. During both world wars, stations along the Great
Northern line, including Ben Lomond, were closely associated with the movement of troops. Like many other
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The railway station at Ben Lomond is significant as one of the smallest of the brick passenger stations constructed during a period of major expansion of the NSW railways in the 1880s. The railway station is also significant as the highest railway station in NSW (1,363m) and for its important
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The passenger station comprises a central brick pavilion enclosing two waiting rooms and a ticket office for the
Station Master, flanked by freestanding brick pavilions for the lamp room at the north end and toilets at the south end. The small yards between the pavilions were enclosed with
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Settlement in the Ben Lomond area began in the 1840s and intensified in the 1860s and 1870s but it wasn't until the 1880s that a school opened (1881) and the railway arrived (1884). Construction of the railways in NSW commenced in the 1850s and by 1878 the Great
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locations, Ben Lomond and other stations on the northern line experienced a decline in the second half of the 20th century due primarily to the growth of road transportation (for both passengers and goods) but also as a result of competition from the coastal railway line between
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The station does provide the potential to yield information about the early development of the local area, the operation of a small regional railway station and the decline of railway services in the New
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with major historical events and themes, including for example the transportation of troops during wartime and the transportation of rural produce and livestock.
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region of NSW was substantial. It influenced the growth of towns and villages and it facilitated the establishment of new industries.
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screen walls and roofs. Each of the rooms was accessible from the 264 feet (88 m) long platform on the eastern side. A platform
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