"Multiple proposals'' have been received to buy the historic Oamaru Railway Station, real estate agent Stephen Robertson said after a sale by deadline closed yesterday at 4pm.
The 650sq m station on a 3234sq m site between Humber St and the sea was offered for sale by the owner, the Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust, through LJ Hooker at offers over the rateable value of $205,000.
The wooden railway station, designed by George Troup, has not been used for regular passenger services since 1990.
Mr Robertson said interest in buying the station had been widespread.
The proposals had been handed to the trust to evaluate, which would be followed by further discussions with the real estate company.
Mr Brown said that, depending on the evaluations, any decision to accept an offer would be taken by the full board of trustees.
''The board may not just take the highest price - we want to make sure the station also has an appropriate and sympathetic owner,'' he said.
Neither Mr Brown nor Mr Robertson would reveal how many offers had been received.
The station is listed as a category 2 building by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and category B in the Waitaki district plan.
The trust decided to sell the station because of the cost of maintaining it and because it was no longer in keeping with its property portfolio of historic buildings, which are mainly of Oamaru stone and in the historic harbour-Tees St precinct.
