Goulburn railway station

Goulburn
Station statistics
Address	Sloane Street, Goulburn New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	34°45′30″S 149°43′10″E / 34.758397°S 149.7194°E / -34.758397; 149.7194Coordinates: 34°45′30″S 149°43′10″E / 34.758397°S 149.7194°E / -34.758397; 149.7194
Elevation	618 metres (2,028 ft)
Line(s)	Main Southern line/Southern Highlands line
Connections	Bus
Distance	224.90 km (139.75 mi) from Central
Structure type	Ground
Platforms	3 (1 side, 1 island)
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	1869
Station code	GUL
Owned by	RailCorp
Operator	NSW TrainLink
Website	Goulburn
Services
Preceding station   NSW Main lines   Following station Yarra towards Albury Main Southern Line North Goulburn towards Sydney Preceding station   NSW Closed lines   Following station Argyle towards Crookwell Crookwell Line Terminus Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station Terminus Southern Highlands Line Marulan towards Central Tarago towards Canberra NSW TrainLink Southern Canberra Xplorer Bundanoon towards Sydney Gunning towards Griffith NSW TrainLink Southern Griffith Xplorer Gunning towards Melbourne NSW TrainLink Southern Melbourne XPT Moss Vale towards Sydney

Goulburn Railway Station is a station on the Main Southern railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the centre of the city of Goulburn. It is the terminus for NSW TrainLink's Southern Highlands services and is also served by NSW TrainLink's XPT and Xplorer trains between Sydney, Canberra, Griffith and Melbourne.

History

The foundation stone for the main station building was laid by the Mayor of Goulburn, William Davies, on 12 May 1868.^[1] At the time, the explorer William Hovell lived immediately opposite the main station building on Sloane Street. The land on which the station buildings are sited was originally designated for public parkland.^[1]

The station buildings were opened in 1869 with arrival of the railway from Sydney, which was opened by the Governor Lord Belmore (an event commemorated by Belmore Park in the centre of the city), along with the completion of the line from Sydney to Albury in 1881 (and the connection with Victorian Railways in 1883), was a boom to the town. Later branchlines were constructed to Cooma (opened in 1889) and later extended further to Bombala, and to Crookwell^[2] and Taralga. Goulburn became a major railway centre with a roundhouse and engine servicing facilities and a factory which made pre-fabricated concrete components for signal boxes and station buildings. A large Railway Refreshment Room opened on the island platform in 1915, closing in 1986 with the withdrawal of the Cooma Mail.^[3] A disused bay platform is located at the southern end of platform 1.

From April 1962 until March 1975 the Spirit of Progress conveyed a through car between Melbourne and Canberra, three days per week in each direction . The through carriage was detached at Goulburn and conveyed to Canberra attached to a mixed train.^[4] Until the early 1990s, Goulburn was also the terminating point for the Goulburn Day Train and Southern Highlands Express from Sydney.

Platforms and services

With only three NSW TrainLink intercity services on weekdays, and two on weekends, since a 2005 reduction in services, Goulburn station only sees trains in the early morning and evenings. A replacement bus service operates from Moss vale in the late morning, returning in the early afternoon. Two XPT services and two Xplorer services per day also use the station, heading to Melbourne and Canberra, the Saturday morning Canberra service also having a portion for Griffith which divides at the station. To comply with disabled access and so passengers do not have to cross the station footbridge, trains generally only use Platform 1 with Platform 2 only used occasionally.

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	Southern Highlands Line	Terminating services; Intercity services to Campbelltown and Sydney Terminal.	Most trains use this platform
	NSW TrainLink Southern	Country services to Sydney Terminal Country services to Canberra (2-3 per day), Melbourne (2 per day) and Griffith (1 per week)
2	Southern Highlands Line	Terminating services; Intercity services to Campbelltown and Sydney Terminal	Infrequently used, normally most trains use Platform 1 for both directions, trains may use this platform occasionally during trackwork or emergencies
	NSW TrainLink Southern	Country services to Sydney Terminal (4 per day)
3		not in regular use	This platform is usually in use as a freight siding, trains may use this platform during trackwork

Image gallery

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  Street frontage of station building

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  Station history sign

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  Looking south from the footbridge

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  Platform 3

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  Middle of platforms 2 & 1

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  Looking south from platform 2

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  Footbridge at the northern end

References

External links

• Sydney Trains - Goulburn station details

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