Mittagong railway station facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mittagong
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 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

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.

Transport links

Berrima Buslines operate four routes via Mittagong station:

• 806: Bowral to Bargo
• 811: to Moss Vale
• 816: to Moss Vale

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

• Loopline Bus: Bowral station to Picton 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.