Picton railway station, New South Wales

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Picton Railway Station is a station on the Southern Highlands line of the CityRail intercity network, serving the large town of Picton, New South Wales, Australia. The station opened on 1 July 1863.

The station has two platforms that serve the diesel railcars that use the line. Platform 2 is on an island platform, as a goods loop (with no facing platform) runs behind the platform. There is also a dock platform at the southern end of Platform 2.

The station is the junction for the old alignment of the Main South Railway Line between here and Mittagong. Trains operated by the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum run between here and Thirlmere on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of every month.

Platforms/Service

The station has a reasonably infrequent service, with trains between Moss Vale and Sydney approximately every 1.5 to 2 hours, and only 3 trains on weekdays and 2 on weekends proceeding further to Goulburn. The trains to Goulburn only come in the early morning and in the evenings.

Platform 1:
*Southern Highlands line colour>Southern Highlands Line - intercity services to Campbelltown and Central.
*Occasional heritage and train enthusiasts' special trains.

Platform 2:
*Southern Highlands line colour>Southern Highlands Line - intercity services to Moss Vale and Goulburn.

Transport Links

Picton Buslines runs seven routes to and from Picton railway station:
*900 - to Campbelltown.
*901 - to Wilton and Douglas Park.
*911 - to Buxton and Bargo.
*912 - to Bargo and Yanderra.
*913 - to Buxton and Thirlmere.
*914 - to Buxton and Thirlmere.
*Loopline Bus - Mittagong.

Neighbouring stations

Connecting services

The station has an adjoining bus stop which is served by the East Hills line colour>Bowral to Picton (Loop Line - via Thirlmere) bus line that runs to the towns located on the old Main South railway alignment between Mittagong and Picton, including Thirlmere, Couridjah, Buxton, Balmoral, Hill Top and Colo Vale. Six services a day run in each direction on weekdays; three proceed to Bowral station, two to Mittagong, and one to Colo Vale. These buses do not run on weekends.

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