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The Southern Highlands Line (SHL) is an intercity rail service that services the Macarthur, Southern Highlands and Southern Tablelands regions of New South Wales.First operating in 1869, the service runs from Campbelltown across the Main Southern railway line through to Goulburn, with peak hour services extending the route to Central.
Various combinations of the route between Melbourne, Canberra, Goulburn, Sydney, Newcastle, Coffs Harbour, Gold Coast and Brisbane have been the subject of detailed investigation by prospective operators, government departments and advocacy groups. Most recently, phase 1 of a $20m high-speed rail study was released in 2011. [10]
The line between Joppa Junction Goulburn and Queanbeyan remains open, and is served by three daily NSW TrainLink Xplorer services in each direction operating between Sydney and Canberra. [19] The majority of freight traffic on the line are refuse trains for the Woodlawn Bioreactor at Tarago. [20] Fuel trains ran to Canberra until January 2009. [21]
The Stockinbingal to Parkes line was completed from Stockinbingal to Caragabal in 1916 and Forbes in 1918, [140] and is now part of the main route for freight trains between Sydney and Perth. The Temora–Roto line was completed from Temora to Barellan in 1908, Griffith in 1916, Hillston in 1923 and the Broken Hill line at Roto in 1931.
Goulburn railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main Southern line in New South Wales, Australia.Opened on 19 May 1869, [3] it serves the city of Goulburn.
Service returns on Sundays and Thursdays joining an Xplorer from Canberra at Goulburn although on occasions when either train runs late, each will run separately to Sydney. Normally operated by two or three carriages. Broken Hill: [16] the Outback Xplorer service runs along the Main Western and Broken Hill lines to Broken Hill. Outbound service ...
The revised Great Southern Railway timetable for the opening of the railway listed seven down, and seven up, services; five passenger services, and two mixed services. The journey time from Sydney was 1 hour 45 minutes with 8 stops for a 34-mile journey length. Services from Campbelltown commenced at 6am and finished at 5:30pm. [8]
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]