Local Government
Mundaring
Region
Metropolitan
Cnr Darlington Rd & Montrose Av Darlington
Mundaring
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1903
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 22 Apr 1997 | 4 - Some significance | |
The Darlington Railway platform has high historic and social significance for the Darlington community.
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.
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
Ruins
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| I Elliot; ibid. p 159 | |||
| L Watson; "Railway History of Midland Junction". p.8 | L & S Drafting perth | 1995 |
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Original Use | Transport\Communications | Rail: Railway Station |
| Present Use | Transport\Communications | Rail: Other |
| Type | General | Specific |
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| Other | CONCRETE | Other Concrete |
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| TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Rail & light rail transport |
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