Picton railway station, New South Wales

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Picton
Southern Highlands Line
Station code	PIC
Town	Picton
Street(s)	Station St
Distance from Central Station	85.250 km
Station Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Intercity
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	3
Platform arrangement	1 Side 1 Island
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	Bus
Disabled access	No
Station facilities	Link

Picton Railway Station is a station on the Southern Highlands line of the CityRail intercity network, serving the large town of Picton, New South Wales, Australia. The station opened on 1 July 1863.

The station has two platforms that serve the diesel railcars that use the line. Platform 2 is on an island platform, as a goods loop (with no facing platform) runs behind the platform. There is also a dock platform at the southern end of Platform 2.

The station is the junction for the old alignment of the Main South Railway Line between here and Mittagong. Trains run by the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum run trains between here and Thirlmere on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of every month.

1 Platforms/Service
2 Neighbouring stations
3 Connecting services
4 See also

[edit] Platforms/Service

The station has a reasonably infrequent service, with trains between Moss Vale and Sydney approximately every 1.5 to 2 hours, and only 3 trains on weekdays and 2 on weekends proceeding further to Goulburn. The trains to Goulburn only come in the early morning and in the evenings.

Platform 1:

Southern Highlands Line - intercity services to Campbelltown and Central.
Occasional heritage and train enthusiasts' special trains.

Platform 2:

Southern Highlands Line - intercity services to Moss Vale and Goulburn.

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding Station (inbound)	Line	Following Station (outbound)
Douglas Park	Southern Highlands Line	Tahmoor

[edit] Connecting services

The station has an adjoining bus stop which is served by the Bowral to Picton (Loop Line - via Thirlmere) bus line that runs to the towns served by the old Main South railway alignment between Mittagong and Picton, including Thirlmere, Couridjah, Buxton, Balmoral, Hill Top and Colo Vale.. Six services a day run in each direction on weekdays; three proceed to Bowral station, two to Mittagong, and one to Colo Vale. These buses do not run on weekends.