A new bakery and restaurant is slated for the Lismore train station

Trains haven’t pulled into the Lismore train station since 2004, but activity may soon return to the building if a new venture is given approval.

The last train pulled into the Lismore Railway station in 2004. Photo The Northern Star Archives

South Lismore’s train station may soon be brought back to life if a new development application gets approval.

Owners of Blue Kitchen, that has so far operated out of the Norco complex on Wilson St, have lodged a development application with Lismore City Council for a mobile food truck to operate in the South Lismore train station carpark.

The Lismore train station in South Lismore.

The food truck however, was the first step in a broader, grander plan for the train station.

A Statement of Heritage Impact attached to the DA, says the site was currently under the management of the John Holland Group.

It states the site was currently subject to a draft lease to Jamie Fell and Francine Austen, owners of Blue Kitchen, for a proposed future bakery and restaurant, subject to development consent.

The statement says the approval of the DA for the mobile truck was crucial to the applicants’ future plans, as it would allow them to continue operating while plans for the bakery and restaurant progressed.

It was hoped a food venture at the site would help to revitalise the train station and halt it falling into disrepair.

The mobile food truck was estimated to operate for two years while the relevant permissions were sought to transform the train station building.

Lismore Train Station has been transformed to house the 2015 season of Railway Wonderland

Trains ceased running through Lismore in 2004, and the site has had various uses since; including the location for Norpa’s Railway Wonderland, the base for Helping Hands during the 2017 flood, as well as the drop off point for train link coaches.

The DA proposes the foodtruck will operate seven days a week, from 5.30am-3.30pm.