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Railway Station - Lethbridge

Location 168 Ackland Road,, LETHBRIDGE VIC 3332 - Property No B2354 File Number B2354 Level Regional

[1/1] B2354 Railway station

Statement of Significance

Fine bluestone building on one of the earliest link routes in Victoria.
The Lethbridge Railway Station on the Geelong-Ballarat line was erected in 1862 by contractors John Campbell and Co from designs prepared by Victorian Railways architects. This regular coursed, squared basalt structure in the Victorian Italianate style consists of a part two-storey station office, residence, lamp room and toilets with timber verandah over the platform.
The Lethbridge Railway Station is one of a notable group of stylistically similar railway stations erected in 1862 on the Geelong-Ballarat line. This structure is an excellent example of country railway station architecture of the 1860's in Victoria, designed by talented and innovative Railways Department architects and at a time of great railway building activity in the State. The Ballarat-Geelong line, which opened on 10th April 1862, includes important viaduct structures at Moorabool and Batesford.
The Lethbridge Railway Station was extended by construction of a weatherboard kitchen and wash house prior to 1923. Minor internal alterations have also been effected, otherwise the structure is intact. A bus service has replaced the passenger train network.
Classified: 20/08/1970