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A contract for construction of a temporary station building, crew barracks, porters' cottages, Station Master's residence, and carriage shed at Albury was let to a J. Stevens in May 1880. In 1882, a 10 tonne crane and a cart weighbridge were installed, the temporary passenger platform converted to a loading stage, and the signal box moved from the temporary platform to a new location near the station.<ref name=nswshr-1073-9>Forsyth, 1989{{full citation needed|date=May 2019}}</ref><ref name=nswshr-1073/>
On 26 February 1882 the new station building was opened. Designed in an Italianate style under the direction of [[John Whitton]], the grandeur of the new building stood as a symbol of NSW's colonial pride.<ref name=nswshr-1073-10>Pennay, 2006{{full citation needed|date=May 2019}}</ref><ref name=nswshr-1073/> The premiers of both New South Wales and Victoria attended the official opening of the 1881 station, marking the first time in Australian history that two colonial premiers had appeared together publicly.<ref>{{cite web |first=Terry G. |last=Birtles |work=School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences |publisher=[[Australian Defence Force Academy]] |location=Canberra |url=http://www.idmarch.org/document/Albury,%20New%20South%20Wales/2kN2-show/Contested%20places%20for%20Australia%E2%80%99s%20capital%20city%20Terry%20G.%20Birtles%20School%20of%20Physical,%20Environmental%20and%20Mathematical;%20Sciences%20Australian%20Defence%20Force%20Academy,%20Canberra |title=Contested places for Australia’s capital city |
The [[New South Wales Government Railways]] were built to the [[standard gauge]], which meant travellers in both directions had to change trains at Albury. This resulted in a {{convert|455|m|ft|adj=mid|-long}} platform being built to accommodate that move, then the longest in Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alburywodongaaustralia.com.au/imagesDB/media/Good%20Yarn%20-%20Railway%20Station.pdf |title=The platform that stretches all the way back to the birth of a nation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325132057/http://www.alburywodongaaustralia.com.au/imagesDB/media/Good%20Yarn%20-%20Railway%20Station.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2012 |website=Albury Wodonga Australia.com}}</ref>
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