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Review of Environmental FactorsGlenbrook commuter car park and interchange upgradeGlenbrook Railway Station and settingGlenbrook Railway Station has an island platform set in a rock cutting. The main station building is at thecentre of the platform and the lamp building is at the west end of the platform. The following descriptionof the main station building and other elements is summarised mostly from the SHI listing. The followingare the main elements of the station contained in the State Heritage listing:• Station building (1913)• Out of shed (c1913)• Lamp room/store (c1940)• Platforms (1913)• Footbridge (1916 & 1990s)• Overbridge (1912)• Moveable heritage itemso a Milners' Patent Fire Resisting safe in the ticket officeo former signal box 20 lever ground frame (decommissioned) in the signal boxo timber Station Master's desk in the ticket officeo signal phone and bells in the signal boxo a number of framed awards from the Railway Station Garden Competition datingfrom the 1950s to the 1990s in the signal box• Landscape setting.Condition and IntegrityGlenbrook Railway Station, including the station building, out of shed, platforms, footbridge, gardens andoverbridge, is intact externally with minor internal modifications that do not reduce its integrity.The condition assessment of elements of the station are (Heritage Branch 2012a):• Station Building ‐ Very good condition• Out of Shed ‐ Very good condition• Lamp room/Store ‐ Moderate condition• Platforms ‐ Very good condition• Footbridge ‐ Good condition• Overbridge ‐ Good condition• Platform gardens ‐ Very good.The known modification dates include:• 31 Jul 1916: Renewal of footbridge, old footbridge transferred to Douglas Park• 23 October 1956: Line electrified• 16 Sep 1958: Single light signalling between Glenbrook and Valley Heights introduced• 1990s: Footbridge upgraded with new stairs.Although there would be no direct impact on the built environment of the station there is potential forindirect impacts on the curtilage (or boundary) of the station.Ref No: 2260812 59
Review of Environmental FactorsGlenbrook commuter car park and interchange upgradeHistoric railway lineA small section of old rail line is present to the west of the Glenbrook Railway Station. The track is locatedapproximately 15‐20 metres from the western end of the railway station and approximately 55‐60 metresof the track is still visible.It is not clear from old plans of the station vicinity whether this section of track is part of the original mainGlenbrook Deviation. It is unlikely, due to this track not being aligned with the nearby overbridge atCowdery Street. The track is more likely to be a remnant of a former station yard and/or goods siding thatwas constructed near the station.Summary of Statements of SignificanceThe following Statements of Heritage Significance are provided from the NSW Heritage Branch s.170entries (Heritage Branch 2012).Glenbrook Railway StationGlenbrook Railway Station is of local significance as an excellent example of a standard Federation stationbuilding design set within a distinctive landscape setting with platform gardens that are a landmark as thegateway to the Blue Mountains line. The gardens have been an iconic railway landscape due to being therecipient of many awards in the annual NSW Railway Station Garden Awards, six of which were first prize,since the early 1950s to the 1990s. The existing station was the last station to be built along this sectionof the line and replaced the earlier 1860s Glenbrook Railway Station for duplication and deviation of theline in 1913, and as such is significant for demonstrating the engineering achievements associated withthe last major construction works of the Blue Mountains line.Glenbrook Railway DeviationThe Glenbrook Railway Deviation, including the 1913 railway cutting and tunnel, has local significance forits ability to demonstrate the engineering achievements associated with the massive railway deviationworks of 1911‐13, which were the last major construction works on the Blue Mountains line.6.6.4 Potential impacts – Non‐Aboriginal heritageIn summary, the assessment of heritage impacts for the proposed commuter car park and interchangeupgrade adjacent to the heritage listed Glenbrook Railway Station and Glenbrook Railway Deviationconsiders that a significant heritage impact is unlikely. This is due to:• Although the proposed commuter car park would be located within the western curtilage of theGlenbrook Railway Station, the assessment finds that the Proposal would not have any directimpact on the Glenbrook Railway Station, nor would it have a significant visual impact on thestation and its setting. As mentioned, any visual impact on the curtilage of the railway stationwould be reduced by landscaping following the works.• Although the proposed commuter car park would require the removal of a section of old disusedrail track, this is considered to be a minor impact in the scale of the wider works that were partof the Glenbrook Railway Deviation from 1911‐1913.• The remainder of the proposed works along Burfitt Parade would be located well above theGlenbrook Railway Station and would have no impact on the station. These works would benoticeable to and from the railway footbridge, however the footbridge would not be directlyRef No: 2260812 60
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