Lismore
Lismore railway station in 2023
General information
Location	Union Street, Lismore
Coordinates	28°48′35″S 153°16′12″E / 28.8096°S 153.2700°E / -28.8096; 153.2700
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	NSW TrainLink
Line(s)	Murwillumbah
Distance	836.03 kilometres from Central
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
History
Opened	15 May 1894
Closed	16 May 2004
Route map Legend North Coast line to Sydney 805 Casino North Coast line to Brisbane Old Casino Bungabbee Leycester Lismore Leycester Creek bridge North Lismore Woodlawn Bexhill Eltham Laureldale Booyong Junction Tyumba Teven Ballina Booyong Binna Burra Bangalow St Helena Byron Bay Shirley Street crossing Byron Beach Kendal Street crossing Belongil Creek bridge North Byron Tyagarah Myocum Mullumbimby Billinudgel Crabbes Creek Mooball Burringbar Stokers Dunbible Murwillumbah Condong

Lismore railway station is a heritage-listed former station on the Murwillumbah line at Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, which opened in 1894 and was closed in 2004. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[1]

The station forecourt is served by NSW TrainLink coach services to Casino and Tweed Heads.^[2]

History

The station opened on 15 May 1894.^[3] It closed on 16 May 2004 when the line from Casino was closed.^[4] Since 2004 it has operated only as a bus and coach stopping point.^[5] In 2012 and 2015, the station was used as the location for the well received NORPA (Northern Rivers Performing Arts) production "Railway Wonderland".^[6] Following damage caused by the devastating 2022 floods that hit Lismore particularly hard, the station building has been boarded up pending decisions regarding its possible future reinstatement as part of a tourism focused "rail trail".^[7][8][9]

Platforms and services

Lismore had one platform, with a passing loop. It was served by trains from Sydney including the North Coast Mail until 1973 when replaced by the Gold Coast Motorail which in February 1990 was replaced by a XPT service.^[10]

Description

The former station complex consists of a third-class timber station building of a type 4 standard roadside design with a brick platform; a 2-road carriage shed with a sawtooth roof, originally 15 bays and later extended to 21 bays and a 2-road, corrugated iron locomotive shed in a straight shed design, all dating from 1894. The former station residence is located at 18 Malendy Drive.^[1]

Heritage listing

Lismore station and yard group is an excellent group of railway structures with elements rarely found together and extant on the rail system. The station building is a rare timber roadside station with excellent detailing and a very fine verandah to the street facade. The utility buildings are individually significant as rare examples of their type and together in a group. The whole group forms an important unit in the townscape of Lismore and, combined with adjacent civic buildings, contributes important elements to the townscape.^[1]

Lismore railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.^[1]

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 scientifically rare. This item is assessed as arch. rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.^[1]