Moss Vale Railway Station: Painting - April 2015

Moss Vale is significant as it served as the terminus of the Great Southern Line

The main wing of the 1867 station building is one of the earliest NSW railway buildings and is also one of the oldest buildings in Moss Vale. Of particular note, the station was substantially designed to accommodate Vice-regal use including a Governor’s Waiting Room.
Paint test analysis

Sydney Trains undertook paint test analysis and historic research to choose an authentic exterior scheme for the station. Investigations revealed that:

• originally the walls were face brick with unpainted sandstone trim elements.
• certain facades were tuck-pointed and it is thought that these facades remained unpainted until the 1970/80s.
• the upper floor of the Refreshment Room building was not tuck-pointed indicating it was likely to have been painted from the time of its construction.

The new colour scheme

The recent colour scheme painted within the last five years was a strong red terracotta scheme. This is now replaced with pale stones, pinkish tans and creams. The new scheme reinstates colours thought to be in place in 1915. By 1915 the line was duplication and the construction of all the key historic buildings had occurred.

This work is hoped to make a significant contribution to the historic railway precinct in the heart of Moss Vale town.