Tarago railway station

Tarago

Southbound view in July 2007
Location Tarago Road, Tarago
Coordinates 35°04′12″S 149°39′05″E / 35.0700°S 149.6513°E / -35.0700; 149.6513
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Bombala
Distance 282.51 kilometres from Central
Platforms 1
Tracks 3
Construction
Structure type Ground
Other information
Station code TGO
History
Opened 3 January 1884
Services
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station
towards Canberra
NSW TrainLink Southern
Canberra Xplorer
towards Sydney

Tarago railway station is located on the Bombala line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Tarago.

History

Tarago station opened on 3 January 1884 when the Bombala line was opened from Joppa Junction. It served as the terminus until the line was extended to Bungendore on 4 March 1885.[1][2][3] Opposite the platform lies a passing loop and a siding to the closed Woodlawn Mine.[4]

Services

Tarago is served by three daily NSW TrainLink Xplorer services in each direction operating between Sydney and Canberra.[5]


Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Sydney Central & Canberra

References

  1. ↑ Tarago Station NSWrail.net
  2. ↑ Tarago Railway Precinct NSW Environment & Heritage
  3. ↑ Stokes, HJW (1984). Railways of the Canberra and Monaro Districts. Canberra: Australian Railway Historical Society, ACT Division. p. 4.
  4. ↑ "Tarago Ore Traffic Returns to Rail" Railway Digest May 1994 page 10
  5. ↑ "Southern timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 20 October 2013 [Updated 30 June 2014].

External links

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