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Mittagong
Mittagong railway station, 2018-09-13.jpg
Northbound view from Platform 2
Location Regent Street, Mittagong
Australia
Coordinates 34°27′09″S 150°26′54″E / 34.45247639271391°S 150.44822533554165°E / -34.45247639271391; 150.44822533554165
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Main South
Distance 94.3 kilometres from Central
Platforms 2 side
Tracks 2
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Other information
Station code MIT
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened 1 March 1867
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 160 (daily) (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank 232
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Bowral
toward Goulburn
Southern Highlands Line Yerrinbool
toward Central
Bowral
toward Griffith or Canberra
NSW TrainLink Southern Line Campbelltown
toward Sydney
Former service
Preceding station Former Services Following station
Terminus Picton Loop (closed) Braemar
towards Picton

Mittagong railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main South line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Mittagong in the Southern Highlands. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

History

Railway Station - Mittagong
The station prior to duplication

The station opened on 1 March 1867. The station is the junction for the old alignment of the Main South Railway line from Picton, and for the now lifted line to the ghost town of Joadja.

The Platform 1 station building was erected in 1873 and the wooden structure on Platform 2 in 1919 when the line was duplicated.

Platforms & services

Mittagong has two side platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Southern Highlands Line services travelling between Campbelltown and Moss Vale with morning services to Sydney Central & evening services to Goulburn.

It is also serviced by NSW Trainlink Xplorer long distance services from Sydney to Canberra & Griffith. This is a request stop for this service (except for Sydney-bound Canberra/Griffith Xplorer on Thursdays and Sundays), so the trains stop only if passengers booked to board/alight here.

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1
NSW TrainLink
services to Campbelltown
morning services to Sydney Central (1 weekday, 2 weekend)
Southern Region
services to Sydney Central request stop (booked passengers only)
(except for Sydney-bound Canberra/Griffith Xplorer on Thursdays and Sundays)
2
NSW TrainLink
services to Moss Vale
evening services to Goulburn (2 weekday, 1 weekend)
Southern Region
services to Canberra & Griffith request stop (booked passengers only)

Transport links

Berrima Buslines operate four routes via Mittagong station:

Berrima Buslines operate one route for NSW Trainlink via Mittagong station:

Description

The former station complex consists of two station buildings: a brick second-class station building of type 3 design (1870) on platform 1 and a timber skillion roof building with return canopy of type 7 design (1867 with 1873 and 1915 additions) on platform 2, both with brick-faced platforms. The former refreshment rooms (1873) are also located on Platform 1.

The station has two one remaining signal box: a type 3 timber skillion roof platform level box (1919). A junction signal box was removed pre-2000. The goods shed (1915) is 60' x 40' of through shed sub-type 1 design. A steel and timber pedestrian footbridge (1920) links the platforms.

A 5-ton jib crane (T156) and Avery 10 tonne weighing machine were removed pre-2004.

Heritage listing

Mittagong is an important early site with significant railway buildings. The location of the station near the centre of the town gives it a civic importance. Of particular interest is the refreshment room which was used only for a short period until replaced by the refreshment room at Moss Vale because the Governor who alighted at Moss Vale for his country residence did not want to be kept waiting at Mittagong while refreshments were taken. The station complex in particular is of high significance with an early railway building (1867) surviving in the group.

Mittagong railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

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