When the first railway line over the Blue Mountains was constructed in 1867 under the direction of John Whitton, a station at Springwood was opened.
[3] In the 1880s, the Blue Mountains started to become a popular holiday destination and this was reflected in the provision of new, brick platform structures to replace the initial timber buildings.
It was also a rare example of local, official involvement in the building design, with the District Engineer, Fred Avery, approving the architectural details.
[3] A gate keepers cottage was located west of the station building (now privately owned) and is not part of this listing.
Whilst taking on water there, however, it was extremely difficult for locomotives to be positioned in the necessarily precise location because of the falling gradient.
[3] External: Constructed (1884) of face brick with corrugated steel roof which extends on both sides to form an awning over both platforms.
The east extension of the building is in stretcher bond brickwork but is finished with sandstone detailing matching the original construction.
A train mural by artist Vernon Treweeke is located on the eastern side of the main station building covering the privacy wall to the male toilet.
However, the original floor layout including a waiting room, ticket office, parcels office and signal box and ladies room are still present in addition to early double panelled timber framed windows and timber doors.
The 1935 signal box within the station building's envelope survives with its signage and no longer operates (lever frame and CTC panel removed).
[3] Internal: All toilet and light fittings date to 1998 upgrade works with painted brick walls and fibrocement ceiling panels.
[3] The pedestrian subway (1997–1998) is marked by a long gabled corrugated roof on the Macquarie Road footpath and a low pitched gabled roof over the west end of the platform with cantilevered awnings connected to the awnings of the main station building.
[3] A brick 1902 retaining wall runs along the edge of the Macquarie Road footpath, elevating the railway line and platform from the street.
The overall integrity of the station has been reduced due to the 1990s upgrade works, which obscure views to the roofscape of the building and impact on the setting.
Modifications to the building resulting from the duplication of the railway line in 1902 retained the elegant Victorian Gothic character of the station.
The size of the main station building and its solid well detailed construction suggests the growing importance of the village of Springwood in the 1880s.
Springwood Railway Station Group is important to the local townscape forming a landmark at the curve in Macquarie Road towards the western end of the shopping centre.
[3] Springwood railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.
The size of the main station building and its solid well detailed construction suggests the growing importance of the village of Springwood in the 1880s.
[3] The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.
The use of brickwork with sandstone detailing gives the building an elegant character, which was retained and further enhanced with the duplication of the railway line across the Blue Mountains in 1902.
[3] The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.
[3] This Wikipedia article contains material from Springwood Railway Station Group, entry number 01247 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.