The station area retains planting and entrance arrangements with fencing that illustrate past use of the railway property.

They are important elements in the townscape of Forbes as significant civic buildings located at the northern entrance to the town.

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

[1] The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

[1] This Wikipedia article was originally based on Forbes Railway Station group, entry number 01145 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.