Southern Highlands railway line, New South Wales

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Southern Highlands line
Overview
Mode	Regional rail line Coach service
Area
Map colour	Green/Grey
Owner	CityRail
Design
Length	225 km
Stations	22
Connects	Central Picton Moss Vale Mittagong Goulburn Picton and Bowral linked by coach
1863	Opened
Operations
Operator(s)	CityRail
Fleet	Endeavour railcars
Depot(s)	Moss Vale
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The Southern Highlands Line is a section of the Main South railway line, and part of the CityRail outer suburban network. Its main service area is the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, including the main focal points of Moss Vale and Goulburn. The line is exclusively serviced by diesel Endeavour trains, most being two cars long (although some four-car services operate during peak periods). It is coloured green on a grey background on CityRail maps and other promotional material. Services first began to Goulburn on 19 May 1869.^[1]

For the most part, CityRail Southern Highlands Line services no longer travel through the suburban network. Most instead terminate at Campbelltown, with commuters requiring a change to a suburban service to proceed further. Only two services on weekends (one to/from Goulburn, and one to/from Moss Vale) operate directly to Central. These travel through the suburban network via the Airport and East Hills Line and Sydenham.

Other than CityRail and freight services, this line is also used by CountryLink's southern services, including XPTs to Melbourne (Southern Cross Station) twice daily, and XPLORER services to Canberra (twice daily) and Griffith (once weekly).

[edit] Stations

Name of Station	Code	TravelPass Zone	Serving Suburbs	Pattern stops at this station					Connections
Southern Highlands Line
Central (limited services)	SYD	Red	Central, Strawberry Hills, Ultimo, Surry Hills						■Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line ■Bankstown Line   ■South Line ■Airport & East Hills Line ■Inner West Line   ■Northern Line ■Western Line   ■North Shore Line ■South Coast Line ■Blue Mountains Line ■Newcastle & Central Coast Line
Glenfield (limited services)	GFD	Purple	Glenfield						■South Line ■Airport & East Hills Line ■Cumberland Line
Campbelltown	CAM	Purple	Campbelltown						■South Line ■Airport & East Hills Line ■Cumberland Line
Macarthur	MCU	Purple	Ambarvale, Blair Athol, Glen Alpine						■Airport & East Hills Line
Menangle Park	MEK	-	Menangle Park, Gilead
Menangle	MGE	-	Menangle
Douglas Park	DPK	-	Douglas Park
Picton	PIC	-	Picton						■Bowral to Picton (Loop Line) Bus Service
Tahmoor	TAH	-	Tahmoor, Couridjah
Bargo	BZG	-	Bargo, Yanderra
Yerrinbool	YEB	-	Yerrinbool
Mittagong	MIT	-	Mittagong						■Bowral to Picton (Loop Line) Bus Service
Bowral	BWL	-	Bowral						■Bowral to Picton (Loop Line) Bus Service ■South Coast to Southern Highlands Bus Service
Burradoo	BUO	-	Burradoo
Moss Vale	MSV	-	Moss Vale, Bong Bong						■South Coast to Southern Highlands Bus Service
Exeter	EXT	-	Exeter						■South Coast to Southern Highlands Bus Service
Bundanoon	BUN	-	Bundanoon						■South Coast to Southern Highlands Bus Service
Penrose	PRS	-	Penrose
Wingello	WNE	-	Wingello
Tallong	TJG	-	Tallong
Marulan	MRX	-	Marulan
Goulburn	GUL	-	Goulburn

[edit] Stopping Patterns

• Pattern 1: Goulburn, all stations to Campbelltown and vice-versa (early morning, morning peak hours, late evening (weekdays)).*
• Pattern 2: Moss Vale, all stations to Campbelltown (peak and off-peak).†
• Pattern 3: Goulburn, all to Moss Vale, Bowral, Mittagong, Picton, Macarthur, Campbelltown, Central (one morning peak express service to Central only).
• Pattern 4: Goulburn, all to Moss Vale and vice-versa (early morning and late evening on weekends and public holidays only).
• Pattern 5: Goulburn, all to Moss Vale, Bowral, Mittagong, Bargo, Tahmoor, Picton, Macarthur, Campbelltown, Glenfield and Central (one service to Central in morning, one service to Goulburn in evening, weekends and public holidays only).

Note: means that not all services on this pattern service this station: * Some services continue to Central (but do not stop at Glenfield). † Some services continue to Central, also stopping at Glenfield.

[edit] References

1. ^ Bozier, Rolfe, "New South Wales Railways: Main South Line", Accessed 18 May 2007.

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