Moss Vale railway station

Moss Vale
Southern Highlands Line
CountryLink Southern
Station code	MSV
Town	Moss Vale
Street(s)	Bay Street
Distance from Central Station	145.71 km
Altitude (above sea level)	674.28 m
Types of stopping trains	Intercity CountryLink
Number of platforms	3 (2 in use)
Number of tracks	9
Platform arrangement	1 Island
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	Bus
Disabled access	Yes (Assisted)
Station facilities	Link

Dock platform

Eastern platform

Western platform

Moss Vale signal box

Moss Vale station platform garden

Moss Vale Railway Station is a station and intermediate terminus of the Southern Highlands line of the CityRail intercity network, serving the town of Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia. The station opened in on 2 December 1867 as Sutton Forest, but was renamed to Moss Vale ten years later.^[1] It is served by the diesel railcars that use the Southern Highlands Line, but is also served by CountryLink services running between Sydney and Melbourne, Canberra and Griffith.

Station

The station has an unusually wide island platform, which is connected to the station entrance and the street by a pedestrian overpass. The platform included a garden and a private dining room for Governor Belmore who spent the summers in nearby Throsby Park from 1870 to 1872.^[2] There is effectively Easy Access to the station. Platform 2 of the station contains a cafe. At the north end there is a dock platform, which was previously used for passenger trains that used the connecting line to Wollongong, the junction for which is just north of the station. Since regular passenger trains no longer use this line (apart from an occasional heritage service), the platform is usually unused except as a storage for freight engines.

Since the station is an intermediate terminus for the line, with only a few services continuing further south to Goulburn, the station has a large stabling yard for the Endeavour railcars that use the line. They can be stored here overnight, stabled, and fuelled, but are serviced in Eveleigh or Broadmeadow Service Centres.

Platforms and services

The station is part of the Southern Highlands Line which has an infrequent service, with trains running approximately every 1.5 to 2 hours. Most trains on the line terminate here, with only three trains a day each way on weekdays, and two trains on weekends serving the stations further south of Moss Vale. These trains only come in the early morning and in the evenings. During the daytime on weekdays there is a replacement bus service heading south in the late morning, and heading north in the afternoon. The station is also served by four CountryLink services each way; 2 XPT services to Melbourne, and 2 Xplorer services to Canberra. On Saturdays, the morning Canberra service which divides at Goulburn also proceeds to Griffith, the return journey arriving with the afternoon service from Canberra on Sunday.

Platform	Line	Stopping Pattern	Notes
	Southern Highlands Line	Terminating intercity services, returning northbound to Campbelltown and Sydney Terminal (via either the South Line or the East Hills Line)
	CountryLink Southern	Country services to Sydney (4 per day)
	Southern Highlands Line	Terminating services, intercity services to Goulburn
	CountryLink Southern	Country services to Canberra (2 per day), Melbourne (2 per day) and Griffith (1 per week)
Dock platform	not in regular use	Occasional heritage services to the South Coast via Robertson	Previously used for passenger trains to Wollongong.

Transport links

Kennedys Bus Service runs one route to and from Moss Vale railway station:

• 809/10 - to Nowra

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station		NSW Main lines		Following station
Werai towards Albury		Main Southern Line		Bong Bong towards Sydney
Preceding station		NSW Country lines		Following station
Terminus		Unanderra-Moss Vale Line		Calwalla towards Unanderra
Preceding station		CityRail		Following station
Exeter towards Goulburn		Southern Highlands Line		Burradoo towards Central
Preceding station		CountryLink		Following station
Bundanoon towards Griffith or Canberra	CountryLink Southern Griffith Xplorer Canberra Xplorer			Bowral towards Sydney
Goulburn towards Melbourne	CountryLink Southern Melbourne XPT			Campbelltown towards Sydney

Connecting services

The station has an adjoining bus stop, which is served by the South Coast (Wollongong) to Southern Highlands (Bundanoon) CityRail bus route which operates via Robertson. One service comes from Bundanoon in the early morning heading to Wollongong and a return service from Wollongong to Bundanoon operates in the evening. Three other services depart from this station to Wollongong: one in the early morning, one in the early afternoon and another the early evening. Return services for these arrive in the early and late mornings.

References

1. ^ "Moss Vale Railway Station". www.nswrail.net. http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Moss+Vale&line=NSW:main_south:0. Retrieved 2007-05-25. 
2. ^ Nairn, Bede. "Belmore, fourth Earl of (1835 - 1913)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030129b.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-25. 

Coordinates: 34°32′52″S 150°22′17″E / 34.5479°S 150.3714°E / -34.5479; 150.3714