Bowral railway station

Bowral
Southbound view from Platform 2 in December 2011
General information
Location	Station Street, Bowral Australia
Coordinates	34°28′40″S 150°25′00″E
Elevation	673 metres (2,208 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	NSW TrainLink
Line(s)	Main Southern
Distance	136.34 kilometres (84.72 mi) from Central[1]
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 5.40am to 9.40pm Weekends and public holidays: Staffed: 6.30am to 2.30pm
Station code	BWL
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	2 December 1867
Passengers
2023[3]	119,360 (year) 327 (daily)[2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Burradoo towards Moss Vale or Goulburn Southern Highlands Line Mittagong towards Campbelltown or Central Moss Vale towards Griffith or Canberra NSW TrainLink Southern Line Griffith Xplorer Canberra Xplorer Mittagong towards Sydney

Bowral railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Bowral opening on 1 March 1867.[4][5]

Platforms and services

Bowral 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 and evening services to Goulburn.[6]

It is also serviced by NSW TrainLink Xplorer long-distance services from Sydney to Canberra and Griffith.[7] This station is a request stop for this service, so the trains stop only if passengers are booked to board or alight here.

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	SHL	services to Campbelltown morning services to Sydney Central (1 weekday, 2 weekend)	[6]
	Southern Region	services to Sydney Central	request stop (booked passengers only)[7]
2	SHL	services to Moss Vale evening services to Goulburn (2 weekday, 1 weekend)	[6]
	Southern Region	services to Canberra and Griffith	request stop (booked passengers only)[7]

Transport links

Berrima Buslines operate five routes that serve Bowral station:

• 806 to Bargo via Mittagong[8]
• 808 to Moss Vale via Robertson and Kangaloon (Loop Service)[9]
• 811: Willow Vale to Moss Vale[10]
• 816: Moss Vale Courthouse to Willow Drive and Argyle Street (Loop Service)[11]

Berrima Buslines operate one route from Bowral station for NSW TrainLink:

• Loopline Bus: to Picton station[12]

Bowral is also served by one NSW TrainLink coach service between Bundanoon and Wollongong in each direction.[6]

References

1. "North South Corridor Network Diagram - 1" (PDF). Australian Rail Track Corporation. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
2. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
3. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
4. Bowral Station NSWrail.net
5. Bowral Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
6. "Southern Highlands line timetable". Transport for NSW.
7. "Southern timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.
8. "806 Bargo to Bowral via Mittagong". transportnsw.info. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
9. "808 Bowral to Moss Vale via Robertson & Kangaloon (Loop Service)". transportnsw.info. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
10. "811 Moss Vale to Willow Vale via Bowral & Mittagong". transportnsw.info. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
11. "Moss Vale Courthouse to Willow Dr & Argyle St (Loop Service)". transportnsw.info. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
12. "828 Picton to Bowral". transportnsw.info. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

External links

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