Darlington Railway Platform

Author

Shire of Mundaring

Place Number

08557

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Location

Cnr Darlington Rd & Montrose Av Darlington

Location Details

Local Government

Mundaring

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1903

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
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Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	22 Apr 1997	4 - Some significance	4 - Some significance Lower degree of integrity/authenticity but contributes to the heritage of the locality. Expectations: Retain elements of the place where feasible. Photographically record prior to major development or demolition.

Statement of Significance

The Darlington Railway platform has high historic and social significance for the Darlington community.

Physical Description

All that remains of the Darlington Railway Platform site is the concrete platform and wall together with a date palm identifying the site at the edge of the railway reserve walk/bridle trail system (Eastern Railway), through the centre of Darlington. The open flat area around the old platform has potential for some community park/recreation use as apart of the village centre and forma a small precinct with the adjacent old post office and tea rooms building.

History

The first railway platform in Darlington was completed in 1889, and followed sub division of Greenmount Suburban lots neat the Eastern Railway and Dr Alfred Waylen's Darlington Vineyard. The stop was known as Darlington Vineyard, adn was located 100 metres west for what remains of the later Darlington Railway Platform. In c.1892, a shelter shed and 30 foot platform, with 20 foot ramps at each end was built on the southern side of the railway line opposite Montrose Avenue. In 1903, a 240 foot (later extended to 300 foot

Condition

Ruins

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	I Elliot; ibid. p 159
	L Watson; "Railway History of Midland Junction". p.8	L & S Drafting perth	1995

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	Transport\Communications	Rail: Railway Station
Present Use	Transport\Communications	Rail: Other

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Other	CONCRETE	Other Concrete

Historic Themes

General	Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS	Rail & light rail transport

Creation Date

18 Jun 1997

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Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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