Mortuary Station — Attraction in Sydney

This place is no longer open to the public except on rare occasions. HISTORY Mortuary station was built and completed by 22 March 1869 and opened on 29 June 1869. The building is Gothic style and built using two colours of Pyrmont sandstone, repete with calved symbols relating to death and rebirth symbols such as the "rising Phoenix and egg🥚 timers ⏲️.It was built on a spur line as a terminus for funeral 🚆 to Rookwood Cemetery. The station was used for the first time on 23 July 1869 for Dr William Bland's funeral. On 3 March 1939, trains 🚆 stopped running as cars were becoming more popular from Mortuary Station 🚉 and the name was changed to Regent Street Station. Over the years, the station 🚉 was also known as the Necropolis Receiving Station. The station 🚉 was the terminus for a funeral train 🚆 service that transported the deceased, mourners, clergy,and visitors to Rookwood Cemetery it was decided that the funeral procession could be conducted with more dignity and it was easier. The station 🚉 with some rail cars was restored by State Rail Authority and as a restaurant (Magic Mortuary) in 1985. Nowadays, it is occasionally opened for heritage events it was listed with the Heritage Register on...

Open as part of the Transport Heritage Expo, Mortuary Station is normally closed to the public.

This is a beautiful building and platform which has been restored to its former condition. There were informative boards and a video available telling the interesting history of Sydney and the station.

The staff there were very helpful, especially the heritage train people. There was a coffee cart available on the day if you needed a caffeine hit.

Highly recommended for...

(This review is on the basis of an average day's walkby, when it's not open to the public)

This gorgeous building was the railway platform for funeral trains to go to Rookwood Cemetery.

Despite the mural that indicates the design was from Australia's first female architect, she was born a decade after its completion. This building was designed by colonial architect James Barnet.

It's a gorgeous building and worth a walk by. The building is sometimes open...