- Mittagong railway station, New South Wales
Cityrail Station alt|code=MIT|station_name=Mittagong|
servicearea=Southern Highlands Line|servicearea_color=#Southern Highlands line colour|servicearea_textcolor=white
town=Mittagong|street=Regents St|distance=131.57|altitude=?|traintype=IntercityCountryLink |platforms=2|tracks=2|platform_arr=2 Side|stationtype=Ground|gates=No|connect=Bus|disabled=No|facilities= [http://www.cityrail.info/facilities/facilities.jsp?n=186&giveOutput=true&facility= Link]Mittagong Railway Station is a station on the Southern Highlands line of the
CityRail intercity network, serving the large town of Mittagong,New South Wales ,Australia . The station opened on1 March ,1867 . The station has two platforms that serve the diesel railcars that use the line as well as CountryLink services between Sydney, Canberra and Griffith.The platforms are connected by a pedestrian overbridge. There is no
Easy Access for wheelchairs.The station is the junction for the old alignment of the Main South Railway Line between here and Picton, and for the now lifted line to the ghost town of Joadja.
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. CountryLink services between Canberra and Sydney also use the station twice a day. On Saturdays, the morning Canberra service divides at Goulburn, where half the train proceeds to Griffith. This train returns with the Sunday afternoon service to Sydney.
Platform 1:
*Southern Highlands line colour>Southern Highlands Line - intercity services to Campbelltown and Central.
*CountryLink Southern - country services to Sydney (2 per day).Platform 2:
*Southern Highlands line colour>Southern Highlands Line - intercity services to Moss Vale and Goulburn.
*CountryLink Southern - country services to Canberra (2 per day) and Griffith (1 per week).Transport Links
Berrima Coaches runs five routes to and from Mittagong railway station:
*800L - to Picton.
*806 - Between Bowral and Bargo.
*807 - Between Bowral and High Range.
*811 - to Moss Vale.
*816 - to Moss Vale.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 served by the old Main South railway alignment between Mittagong and Picton. Five services a day run in each direction on weekdays, three of the services proceeding to and from Bowral.
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