city and thereby allowing workers to live in more "healthy conditions" in suburbs further afield than was usual at the time. St James station, and the rest of the city rail network by enabling ease of transportation for workers into the city, is thought to have contributed to the expansion of Sydney's suburbia from the early to mid 20th century onwards. St James station, and the rest of the city underground network, is representative of a facility designed to cater for the future transportation of Sydney's citizens. The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. The scientific or research value of a place depends on the data involved, its rarity, quality or representativeness, and on the degree to which the place may contribute further information. St James station demonstrates a period of railway technology in New South Wales and Australia as a whole. The scale and methods of construction work especially excavation, completed for the station represented a major feat of engineering at the time. Gallery See also Architecture of Sydney List of Sydney Trains railway stations Railways in Sydney Rail transport in New South Wales Sydney underground railways References Bibliography Attribution External links Museum Station at Transport for New South Wales (Archived 3 December 2017) Museum Station Map Transport for NSW Easy Access railway stations in Sydney Railway stations located underground in Sydney Railway stations in Australia opened in 1926 New South Wales State Heritage Register sites located in the Sydney central business district Hyde Park, Sydney Elizabeth Street, Sydney Liverpool Street, Sydney City Circle Bankstown railway line