Picton railway station, Sydney
|
Picton
|
|||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Southbound view in November 2011
|
|||||||||||||
| Location | Station Street, Picton Australia |
||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°10′45″S 150°36′45″E / 34.179088°S 150.612575°ECoordinates: 34°10′45″S 150°36′45″E / 34.179088°S 150.612575°E | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | RailCorp | ||||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main South | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 63.9 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||
| Station code | PIC | ||||||||||||
| Website | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 July 1863 | ||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Picton railway station is located on the Main South line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Picton, opening on 1 July 1869. The station is unusually sited, with southbound journeys actually heading north out of the station before traversing a 225 degree horseshoe curve to again head south, and likewise northbound services heading south before rounding a number of curves to resume their true direction.
Following the construction of a new alignment via Bargo in 1919, Picton became a junction station with the original line being retained as a branch line. These trains departed from a dock platform at the southern end of Platform 2. Picton previously had an extensive yard north of the station including locomotive servicing facilities and a turntable. A passing loop ran behind Platform 2 until 2011, when it was removed to allow a lift to be installed.
Picton is a destination for New South Wales Rail Transport Museum steam trains from Thirlmere, although with the elimination of Picton yard, these now require a locomotive at each end.
Picton has two side platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Southern Highlands Line services travelling between Campbelltown and Moss Vale with peak hour services to Sydney Central and Goulburn.
Picton Buslines operate six routes to and from Picton station:
Berrima Buslines operate one route via Picton station for NSW Trainlink:
...
Wikipedia