Mittagong railway station

Mittagong railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main Southern 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.^[4]

Mittagong
Northbound view from Platform 2, with an Endeavour railcar arriving at the station, September 2018
General information
Location	Regent Street, Mittagong Australia
Coordinates	34°27′09″S 150°26′54″E
Elevation	634 metres (2,080 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	NSW TrainLink
Line(s)	Main Southern
Distance	131.57 kilometres from Central[1]
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 5.40am-6pm Weekends and public holidays: Unstaffed
Station code	MIT
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	1 March 1867
Passengers
2023[2]	83,850 (year) 230 (daily)[3] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Bowral towards Moss Vale or Goulburn Southern Highlands Line Yerrinbool towards Campbelltown or Central Bowral towards Griffith or Canberra NSW TrainLink Southern Line Griffith or Canberra Xplorer Campbelltown towards Sydney
Former services Preceding station Former services Following station Bowral towards Albury Main Southern Line (1919-1975) Aylmerton towards Sydney Terminus Picton–Mittagong Loop (closed) Braemar towards Picton

History

The station prior to duplication

The station opened on 1 March 1867.^[5] 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.^[6]

Platforms and services

Mittagong has two side platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Southern Highlands Line services travelling between Campbelltown and Moss Vale with limited morning services to Sydney Central and limited evening services to Goulburn.^[7]

It is also serviced by NSW TrainLink Xplorer long-distance services from Sydney to Canberra and Griffith.^[8] 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	SHL	services to Campbelltown morning services to Sydney Central (1 weekday, 2 weekend)	[7]
	Southern Region	services to Sydney Central	request stop (booked passengers only)[8] (except for Sydney-bound Canberra/Griffith Xplorer on Thursdays and Sundays)
2	SHL	services to Moss Vale evening services to Goulburn (2 weekday, 1 weekend)	[7]
	Southern Region	services to Canberra & Griffith	request stop (booked passengers only)[8]

Transport links

Berrima Buslines operate four routes via Mittagong station:

• 806: Bowral to Bargo^[9]
• 811: to Moss Vale^[10]
• 816: to Moss Vale^[11]

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

• Loopline Bus: Bowral station to Picton station^[12]

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.^[4]

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.^[4]

A 5-ton jib crane (T156) and Avery 10 tonne weighing machine were removed pre-2004.^[4]

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.^[4]

Mittagong railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[4]

References

1. https://www.artc.com.au/uploads/ARTCS3090006_NS_Sth.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
2. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
3. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
4. "Mittagong Railway Station and yard group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01195. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
5. Mittagong Station NSWrail.net
6. Mittagong Railway Precinct NSW Environment & Heritage
7. "Southern Highlands line timetable". Transport for NSW.
8. "Southern timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.
9. "Berrima Buslines route 806". Transport for NSW.
10. "Berrima Buslines route 811". Transport for NSW.
11. "Berrima Buslines route 816". Transport for NSW.
12. "Loop service timetable". Transport for NSW.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article contains material from Mittagong Railway Station and yard group, entry number 01195 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.

External links

• Media related to Mittagong railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Mittagong station details Transport for New South Wales