Mount Victoria railway station

Mount Victoria

Westbound view from Platform 2 in September 2007
Location Darling Causeway, Mount Victoria
Australia
Coordinates 33°35′16″S 150°15′25″E / 33.587856°S 150.256914°E / -33.587856; 150.256914Coordinates: 33°35′16″S 150°15′25″E / 33.587856°S 150.256914°E / -33.587856; 150.256914
Elevation 1,049 metres (3,442 ft)
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Main Western
Distance 126.72 kilometres from Central
Platforms 2 side
Tracks 2
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Other information
Station code MVR
Website Sydney Trains
History
Opened 6 September 1869
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station
towards Bathurst
Blue Mountains Line
towards Central

Mount Victoria railway station is located on the Main Western line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the Blue Mountains town of Mount Victoria opening on 6 September 1869.[1]

The Platform 2 building dates from 1869 with a railway refreshment room added in 1884. The Platform 1 building dates from 1911 when the line was duplicated. An extensive yard including a locomotive depot existed west of the station.[2]

Platforms & services

Mount Victoria has two side platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Blue Mountains Line services travelling from Sydney Central to Lithgow. Some services terminate at Mount Victoria and stable in the sidings west of the station. The Bathurst Bullet operates to Bathurst.[3]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Sydney [3]
2 services to Lithgow & Bathurst [3]

Blue Mountains Transit operates one route to and from Mount Victoria station:[4]

NSW TrainLink operate road coach services from the station forecourt:[5]

References

  1. ↑ Mount Victoria Station NSWrail.net
  2. ↑ Mount Victoria Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  3. 1 2 3 "Blue Mountains line timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 20 October 2013 [amended January 2015].
  4. ↑ "Upper Mountains timetable" (PDF). Blue Mountains Bus Co. 7 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Western timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 20 October 2013 [Updated 15 June 2013].
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