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Taree railway station is a heritage-listed railway station at North Coast railway, Taree, Mid-Coast Council, New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Taree Railway Station group. The property is owned by RailCorp (State Government). It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

Buildings

 * Station buildings - type 11, 1913, including refreshment room added 1929, initial side building brick, LEP
 * Platform
 * Weightbridge
 * Goods shed

Bridge over manning River - steel truss 4 x 200` spans LEP - this bridge is located at Mt George, a village 37 km away from Taree. The ARTC s.170 Register records the bridge at Mt George on a seperate SHI sheet, rather than as part of the Taree SHI listing.

Heritage listing
Taree is a major station complex from late in the development of the railway system and includes a refreshment room and awnings. The scale of the building is significant and represents the importance of the location in the development of the north coast line.

Taree railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

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 archaeologically rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.

Attribution
Category:New South Wales State Heritage Register Category:Taree, New South Wales Category:Railway stations in New South Wales Category:Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register