The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

[6][1] From October 20 2024, Gunning is now served by two daily NSW TrainLink XPT services in each direction operating between Sydney and Melbourne, and a twice weekly NSW TrainLink Xplorer between Griffith and Sydney split from Canberra services at Goulburn.

The complex comprises a series of station buildings including a type 4, standard roadside station, erected in 1875; a type 11, station building, duplication, erected in 1913; a type 3 signal box, with a timber skillion roof building on platform, completed in 1913; an out shed, completed in 1913; and a per way shed of corrugated galvanised iron, that is no longer extant.

[1] The Gunning railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register in 1999 having satisfied the criterion: "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 Gunning Railway Station and yard group, entry number 01162 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.