Station Buildings
The station buildings along the line were built from different materials.
- Dunheved station was a weatherboard building which the Station Masters Office/Booking Office, Waiting Room & Store Room was destroyed by fire when vandals broke in and set it on fire on the evening of 20 November 1983. It had a 32 lever frame to operate signals and points.
- Cochrane station was classed as unattended with no booking office facilities and a roadway bridge over the middle of the station. It had a waiting room on platform 1 (up branch) and awnings over both platforms.
- Ropes Creek station was of weatherboard construction, commonly used at the time by the NSWGR. It had a 40 lever frame to operate signals and points. There was a waiting room and toilet facilities provided. At the foot of the stairs, a small weatherboard structure was provided for station staff to stand in while tickets were collected. In June 2011, the station building was destroyed by fire.
There is now a notice at the southern end of the site indicating that an historical centre may be erected.
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