Bowral railway station

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Bowral
Bowral railway station.JPG
Southbound view from Platform 2, December 2011
General information
LocationStation Street, Bowral
Australia
Coordinates 34°28′40″S150°25′00″E / 34.477906°S 150.41679°E / -34.477906; 150.41679
Elevation673 metres (2,208 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Main Southern
Distance136.34 kilometres (84.72 mi) from Central [1]
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 5.40am-9.40pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Staffed: 6.30am-2.30pm
Station code BWL
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened2 December 1867
Passengers
2023 [2]
  • 119,360 (year)
  • 327 (daily) [3] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Burradoo
towards Moss Vale or Goulburn
Southern Highlands Line Mittagong
towards Campbelltown or Central
Moss Vale
towards Griffith or Canberra
NSW TrainLink Southern Line
Griffith Xplorer Canberra Xplorer
Mittagong
towards Sydney

Bowral railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Bowral opening on 1 March 1867. [4] [5]

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Platforms and services

Bowral has two side platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Southern Highlands Line services travelling between Campbelltown and Moss Vale with morning services to Sydney Central & evening services to Goulburn. [6]

It is also serviced by NSW TrainLink Xplorer long-distance services from Sydney to Canberra & Griffith. [7] This station is a request stop for this service, so the trains stop only if passengers booked to board/alight here.

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Campbelltown
morning services to Sydney Central (1 weekday, 2 weekend)
[6]
services to Sydney Central request stop (booked passengers only) [7]
2
SHL
services to Moss Vale
evening services to Goulburn (2 weekday, 1 weekend)
[6]
services to Canberra & Griffith request stop (booked passengers only) [7]

Berrima Buslines operate five routes that serve Bowral station:

Berrima Buslines operate one route from Bowral station for NSW TrainLink:

Bowral is also served by one NSW TrainLink coach service between Bundanoon and Wollongong in each direction. [6]

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  3. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
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