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Railway Station
Carlsruhe Station Road,, CARLSRUHE VIC 3442 - Property No B4912
Railway Station
Carlsruhe Station Road,, CARLSRUHE VIC 3442 - Property No B4912
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B4912 Railway Station Carlsruhe
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? Carlsruhe Railway Station was constructed in 1862 by the Victorian Railways, on the Melbourne-Echuca line. It consists of a single storeyed, standard bluestone station building with a two storeyed residence (timber section now removed); a timber posted concave verandah and bluestone walls to the passenger platform. A bluestone lamp room/toilet block adjoins while the waiting shelter and signal box have been removed. The building is no longer in use as a railway station and is currently leased.
How is it significant? Carlsruhe Railway Station is historically and architecturally significant to the State of Victoria.
Why is it significant? Carlsruhe Railway Station is historically significant as an intact example of country railway station architecture of the 1860s. This was the period of the 'main trunk lines', c.1857 - c.1869, the formative years of railway development in Victoria. The complex is important for its potential to yield information on the changing nature of railways, locomotive technology and public transport use in Victoria.
Carlsruhe Railway Station is architecturally significant as an important contributor to the architectural character of the Melbourne-Echuca main trunk line, one of the first railways built in Victoria. The station is an intact example of the 'Carlsruhe' style of railway station buildings, which was a direct derivation of the 'English' style - a style which was evident in England during the 1840s and 1850s, based on classically derived planning principles and details. The 'Carlsruhe' style was the first standard design developed by the Railway Department and is further characterised by the architectural composition of all of the buildings on the site as a cohesive whole. The principal buildings were commonly constructed of bluestone.
Adopted from Heritage Victoria Statement: 27/08/2012
Classified: 11/06/1981
See also B5323 Melbourne to Echuca Railway Line.
How is it significant? Carlsruhe Railway Station is historically and architecturally significant to the State of Victoria.
Why is it significant? Carlsruhe Railway Station is historically significant as an intact example of country railway station architecture of the 1860s. This was the period of the 'main trunk lines', c.1857 - c.1869, the formative years of railway development in Victoria. The complex is important for its potential to yield information on the changing nature of railways, locomotive technology and public transport use in Victoria.
Carlsruhe Railway Station is architecturally significant as an important contributor to the architectural character of the Melbourne-Echuca main trunk line, one of the first railways built in Victoria. The station is an intact example of the 'Carlsruhe' style of railway station buildings, which was a direct derivation of the 'English' style - a style which was evident in England during the 1840s and 1850s, based on classically derived planning principles and details. The 'Carlsruhe' style was the first standard design developed by the Railway Department and is further characterised by the architectural composition of all of the buildings on the site as a cohesive whole. The principal buildings were commonly constructed of bluestone.
Adopted from Heritage Victoria Statement: 27/08/2012
Classified: 11/06/1981
See also B5323 Melbourne to Echuca Railway Line.
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CARLSRUHE RAILWAY STATION
Victorian Heritage Register H1662 -
Railway Station
National Trust H1662
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