Owned by RailCorp Line(s) Main South Opened 19 May 1869 Platforms in use 3 (1 side, 1 island) | Operated by NSW TrainLink Structure type Ground Owner RailCorp Tracks 3 | |
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Location Sloane Street, Goulburn
Australia Distance 224.90 kilometres from Central Address Sloane St, Goulburn NSW 2580, Australia Similar Moss Vale railway station, Bowral railway station, Bundanoon railway station, Campbelltown railway station, Marulan railway station | ||
Goulburn railway station by night nsw australia
Goulburn railway station is located on the Main South line in New South Wales, Australia. Opened on 19 May 1869, it serves the city of Goulburn.
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Goulburn railway station by day nsw australia
History
The foundation stone for the main station building was laid by the Mayor of Goulburn, William Davies, on 12 May 1868. 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.
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 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. 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. Until the early 1990s, Goulburn was also the terminating point for the Goulburn Day Train and Southern Highlands Express from Sydney.
Platforms and services
Goulburn has one side platform and one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by early morning and evening NSW TrainLink Southern Highlands Line services to and from Sydney Central, Campbelltown and Moss Vale.
During the day it is served by one NSW TrainLink road coach service to/from Moss Vale.
It is also serviced by NSW Trainlink Xplorer and XPT long distance services from Sydney to Canberra, Griffith and Melbourne.