Valley Heights railway station, New South Wales

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Valley Heights
Blue Mountains Line
Station code	VHS
Town	Valley Heights
Street(s)	Great Western Hwy
Distance from Central Station	77.41 km
Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Intercity
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	2
Platform arrangement	1 island
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	No
Disabled access	No
Station facilities	Link

Valley Heights railway station is a regional railway station on the Blue Mountains Line of the CityRail intercity network, serving the suburb of Valley Heights in the Lower Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia.

The station has an island platform and is served by one train each way per hour in off-peak, with additional services during peak hours. The station was originally a point where locomotives were added onto intercity trains due to the steep railway gradients in the Blue Mountains.

The station opened in 1875^[1] and was once a major rail centre during steam era. A railway roundhouse and depot is now registered by the NSW Heritage Office and is maintained as the Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum.

Contents 1 Platforms/Service 2 Transport Links 3 Neighbouring stations 4 References

[edit] Platforms/Service

Platform 1:

• Blue Mountains Line - intercity services to Penrith and Central.

Platform 2:

• Blue Mountains Line - intercity services to Springwood, Katoomba, Mt Victoria and Lithgow.

[edit] Transport Links

Blue Mountains Bus Company runs one route via Valley Heights railway station:

• Route 690 - Between Faulconbridge and Penrith.

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding Station (inbound)	Line	Following Station (outbound)
Warrimoo	Blue Mountains Line	Springwood

[edit] References

1. ^ Main West Line. Nswrail.net.