Blaxland railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Western line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the Blue Mountains suburb of Blaxland opening on 11 July 1867 as Wascoes, being renamed Blaxland on 21 April 1879.[3]
Blaxland | |||||||||||||||
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 Station platform and building viewed from footbridge, December 2018 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Station Street, Blaxland Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°44′37″S 150°36′35″E / 33.743643°S 150.609649°E | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 236 metres (774 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Western | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 71.48 kilometres (44.42 mi) from Central | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Bus | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Assisted access | ||||||||||||||
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| Status |
Staffed: 6am-7pm
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| Station code | BXD | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 11 July 1867 | ||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Wascoes (1867-1879) | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| 2023[2] |
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| Services | |||||||||||||||
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Platforms and services
editBlaxland has one island platform with two sides. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Blue Mountains Line services travelling from Sydney Central to Lithgow.[4]
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Sydney Central | [4] | |
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| 2 | services to Springwood, Katoomba, Mount Victoria & Lithgow | [4] |
Transport links
editBlue Mountains Transit operates two bus routes via Blaxland station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
- 690P: Springwood station to Penrith station[5]
- 691: Mount Riverview to Penrith station[6]
References
edit- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Blaxland Station NSWrail.net
- ^ a b c "Blue Mountains line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Blue Mountains Transit route 690P". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Blue Mountains Transit route 691". Transport for NSW.
External links
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Media related to Blaxland railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Blaxland station details Transport for New South Wales
