Southern Highlands railway line, New South Wales
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| Southern Highlands line | |
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| 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 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.
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 (Spencer Street) 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 | ||||
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| Central (limited services) |
SYD | Red | Central, Strawberry Hills, Ultimo, Surrey Hills |  |
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North Shore Line, Western Line, Inner West Line, South Line, Airport & East Hills Line, Bankstown Line, Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line, Northern Line, South Coast Line, Blue Mountains Line, Newcastle and Central Coast Line | |
| Glenfield (limited services) |
GFD | Purple | Glenfield | |
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Airport and East Hills Line, South Line, Cumberland Line | |||
| Campbelltown | CAM | Purple | Campbelltown | |
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Airport and East Hills Line, South Line, Cumberland Line | |
| Macarthur | MCU | Purple | Ambarvale, Blair Athol, Glen Alpine | |
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Airport and East Hills Line | |
| Menangle Park | MEK | - | Menangle Park, Gilead | |
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| Menangle | MGE | - | Menangle | |
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| Douglas Park | DPK | - | Douglas Park | |
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| Picton | PIC | - | Picton | |
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Bowral to Picton (Loop Line) Bus Service | |
| Tahmoor | TAH | - | Tahmoor, Couridjah | |
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| Bargo | BZG | - | Bargo, Yanderra | |
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| Yerrinbool | YEB | - | Yerrinbool | |
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| Mittagong | MIT | - | Mittagong | |
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Bowral to Picton (Loop Line) Bus Service | |
| Bowral | BWL | - | Bowral | |
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Bowral to Picton (Loop Line) Bus Service South Coast to Southern Highlands Bus Service |
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| Burradoo | BUO | - | Burradoo | |
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| Moss Vale | MSV | - | Moss Vale, Bong Bong | |
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South Coast to Southern Highlands Bus Service |
| Exeter | EXT | - | Exeter | |
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South Coast to Southern Highlands Bus Service | |
| Bundanoon | BUN | - | Bundanoon | |
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South Coast to Southern Highlands Bus Service | |
| Penrose | PRS | - | Penrose | |
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| Wingello | WNE | - | Wingello | |
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| Tallong | TJG | - | Tallong | |
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| Marulan | MRX | - | Marulan | |
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| Goulburn | GUL | - | Goulburn | |
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[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. |
