History
When originally built, the Ingleburn Railway Station was named Macquarie Fields. It was renamed when a new Macquarie Fields Station was built further towards Sydney. Ingleburn was a popular spa resort in the late nineteenth century and the station provided direct services to Sydney and South. It has been in use since 1869. A goods-only track, called the Glenfield- Ingleburn passing loop, was opened to the west of the station in 1995. This track will be incorporated into the Southern Sydney Freight Line.
The double-brick building on platform one is historically significant because it demonstrates the evolution of the station from a rural railway station to its role as a well-patronised suburban station. Reflecting the growth and change of the local area, Ingleburn Station is also historically associated with the nearby Ingleburn Army Camp established during World War II by the Commonwealth Government. This is hinted by the additional ticket office window in the heritage building on platform one, which is evidence of the high patronage from the Australian Army during World War II.
The building itself has been altered but it retains a number of internal features such as original seating in the waiting area, ceiling roses, small corrugated steel roof sheeting, cornices and the two leaved, hardwood patent sliding doors to the east and west faces of the northern end of the building. Representative of the designs in vogue at the turn of the twentieth century, Ingleburn Station's historical significance has only grown due to its rarity in the area as most other period station buildings on the South and Cumberland Lines have since been demolished.
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Historic Ingleburn platform building photo from 1984 prior to the concrete pedestrian overbridge and canopies which were installed in the late 1980s, Heritage NSW
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The original ornate timber seating has been retained in the waiting room, Heritage NSW
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