Mittagong railway station

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Mittagong
Mittagong railway station, 2018-09-13.jpg
Northbound view from Platform 2, with an Endeavour railcar arriving at the station, September 2018
General information
LocationRegent Street, Mittagong
Australia
Coordinates 34°27′09″S150°26′54″E / 34.45247639271391°S 150.44822533554165°E / -34.45247639271391; 150.44822533554165
Elevation634 metres (2,080 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Main Southern
Distance131.57 kilometres (81.75 mi) from Central [1]
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 5.40am-6pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Unstaffed
Station code MIT
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened1 March 1867
Passengers
2023 [2]
  • 83,850 (year)
  • 230 (daily) [3] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Bowral
towards Moss Vale or Goulburn
Southern Highlands Line Yerrinbool
towards Campbelltown or Central
Bowral
towards Griffith or Canberra
NSW TrainLink Southern Line
Griffith or Canberra Xplorer
 Campbelltown
towards Sydney
Former services
Preceding stationFormer servicesFollowing station
Bowral
towards Albury
Main Southern Line
(1919-1975)
 Aylmerton
towards Sydney
Terminus Picton–Mittagong Loop (closed) Braemar
towards Picton

Mittagong railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main Southern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Mittagong in the Southern Highlands. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. [4]

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History

The station prior to duplication Railway Station - Mittagong.jpg
The station prior to duplication

The station opened on 1 March 1867. [5] The station is the junction for the old alignment of the Main South Railway line from Picton, and for the now lifted line to the ghost town of Joadja.

The Platform 1 station building was erected in 1873 and the wooden structure on Platform 2 in 1919 when the line was duplicated. [6]

Platforms and services

Mittagong has two side platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Southern Highlands Line services travelling between Campbelltown and Moss Vale with limited morning services to Sydney Central and limited evening services to Goulburn. [7]

It is also serviced by NSW TrainLink Xplorer long-distance services from Sydney to Canberra and Griffith. [8] This is a request stop for this service (except for Sydney-bound Canberra/Griffith Xplorer on Thursdays and Sundays), 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)		 [7]
services to Sydney Central request stop (booked passengers only) [8]
(except for Sydney-bound Canberra/Griffith Xplorer on Thursdays and Sundays)
2
SHL
services to Moss Vale
evening services to Goulburn (2 weekday, 1 weekend)		 [7]
services to Canberra & Griffith request stop (booked passengers only) [8]

Berrima Buslines operate four routes via Mittagong station:

Berrima Buslines operate one route for NSW TrainLink via Mittagong station:

Description

The former station complex consists of two station buildings: a brick second-class station building of type 3 design (1870) on platform 1 and a timber skillion roof building with return canopy of type 7 design (1867 with 1873 and 1915 additions) on platform 2, both with brick-faced platforms. The former refreshment rooms (1873) are also located on Platform 1. [4]

The station has two one remaining signal box: a type 3 timber skillion roof platform level box (1919). A junction signal box was removed pre-2000. The goods shed (1915) is 60' x 40' of through shed sub-type 1 design. A steel and timber pedestrian footbridge (1920) links the platforms. [4]

A 5-ton jib crane (T156) and Avery 10 tonne weighing machine were removed pre-2004. [4]

Heritage listing

Mittagong is an important early site with significant railway buildings. The location of the station near the centre of the town gives it a civic importance. Of particular interest is the refreshment room which was used only for a short period until replaced by the refreshment room at Moss Vale because the Governor who alighted at Moss Vale for his country residence did not want to be kept waiting at Mittagong while refreshments were taken. The station complex in particular is of high significance with an early railway building (1867) surviving in the group. [4]

Mittagong railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.artc.com.au/uploads/ARTCS3090006_NS_Sth.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  2. ↑ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ↑ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mittagong Railway Station and yard group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01195. Retrieved 2 June 2018. CC BY icon.svg Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .
  5. ↑ Mittagong Station NSWrail.net
  6. ↑ Mittagong Railway Precinct NSW Environment & Heritage
  7. 1 2 3 "Southern Highlands line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  8. 1 2 3 "Southern timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.
  9. ↑ "Berrima Buslines route 806". Transport for NSW.
  10. ↑ "Berrima Buslines route 811". Transport for NSW.
  11. ↑ "Berrima Buslines route 816". Transport for NSW.
  12. ↑ "Loop service timetable". Transport for NSW.

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