Blaxland railway station

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Blaxland
Blaxland Station 2018.JPG
Station platform and building viewed from footbridge, December 2018
General information
LocationStation Street, Blaxland
Australia
Coordinates 33°44′37″S150°36′35″E / 33.743643°S 150.609649°E / -33.743643; 150.609649
Elevation236 metres (774 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Manager of New South Wales
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Western
Distance71.48 kilometres (44.42 mi) from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Connections TfNSW B.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
ParkingYes
AccessibleAssisted access
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am to 7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Unstaffed
Station code BXD
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened11 July 1867
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesWascoes (1867–1879)
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 215,890 (year)
  • 591 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.svg NSW TrainLink Following station
Warrimoo
towards Lithgow
Blue Mountains Line Glenbrook
towards Central
Springwood
towards Lithgow
Blue Mountains Line
Limited express

Blaxland railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Western line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the Blue Mountains suburb of Blaxland opening on 11 July 1867 as Wascoes, being renamed Blaxland on 21 April 1879. [3]

Contents

Platforms and services

Blaxland has one island platform with two sides. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Blue Mountains Line services travelling from Sydney Central to Lithgow. [4]

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Sydney Central [4]
2
BMT
services to Springwood, Katoomba, Mount Victoria & Lithgow [4]

Blue Mountains Transit operates two bus routes via Blaxland station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

References

  1. ↑ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  2. ↑ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  3. ↑ Blaxland Station NSWrail.net
  4. 1 2 3 "Blue Mountains line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  5. ↑ "Blue Mountains Transit route 690P". Transport for NSW.
  6. ↑ "Blue Mountains Transit route 691". Transport for NSW.
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