Lithgow railway station

Lithgow railway station is a regional railway station on the Blue Mountains Line of the NSW TrainLink intercity network, serving the town of Lithgow in the Central West area of New South Wales, Australia. The station has a single island platform; platform 1 is for 'Up' (towards Sydney) trains, platform 2 is for 'Down' (away from Sydney) trains, as is the convention in NSW.

History

The station is not the original station, this is located 500 metres down the line towards Sydney and is still in existence having been renamed Eskbank. East of Lithgow, the ten tunnels deviation opened in 1910. replacing the original zig zag with a double track line with gentler gradients. In 1957 the line was electrified through Lithgow to Bowenfels, but Lithgow is the present limit of electric operations. At the same time a refreshment room opened on the platform, this closed in July 1990 being the last example in the state.

The station exit was originally located on the footbridge at the eastern end of the platform until replaced by the present concourse in August 1991.

• 
  Station in 1890
• 
  Station in 1950

Platforms and services

Lithgow is served by one train each way every two hours in off-peak, with additional services during peak hours. It is the terminus of the Blue Mountains interurban passenger line, trains used to arrive on platform 2 to allow passengers to disembark before shunting forwards, then reversing into platform 1 to return to Sydney. Nowadays, trains can terminate on platform 2 can reverse straight back towards Sydney using a cross-over at the near Eskbank station (some trains still do the reversing onto platform 1 to allow other freight and NSW TrainLink trains to pass through). The station is located in a cutting and is staffed and equipped with lifts for disabled access. The station is also served by a limited service to Bathurst, daily NWS TrainLink Country XPT services to Dubbo, the weekly Xplorer to Broken Hill and the weekly Indian Pacific train to Adelaide and Perth. NSW TrainLink road coach services operate to various destinations from the bus station in Railway Parade.

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	BMT	Intercity services to Katoomba, Springwood, Penrith and Central [i]	Occasional services to Central depart from this platform
	Western Region	country services to Sydney (1 per day, 2 on Tuesdays)
	Great Southern Rail	Indian Pacific to Sydney (1 per week)
2	BMT	Terminating services from Katoomba, Springwood, Penrith and Central [i],Limited intercity services to Bathurst only; Intercity services to Katoomba, Springwood, Penrith and Central [i],limited Intercity service to Bathurst.	Most services to Central [i] depart from this platform
	Western Region	Central West XPT to Dubbo (1 per day) and Outback Xplorer to Broken Hill (1 per week)
	Great Southern Rail	Indian Pacific to Broken Hill, Adelaide & Perth (1 per week)

Transport links

Lithgow Buslines run ten routes to and from Lithgow railway station:

• Route 100 - to Strathlone Estate
• Route 101 - to Strathlone Estate
• Route 200 - to Lithgow Hospital
• Route 201 - to Lithgow Hospital
• Route 300 - to Oakey Park
• Route 400 - to McKellars Park
• Route 500 - to Vale of Clwydd
• Route 600 - to Portland
• Route 631 - to Wallerawang
• Route 636 - to Bathurst

Image gallery

• 
  View of the platforms from the concourse
• 
  South end of platforms
• 
  Platform building
• 
  Concourse seen from the platform
• 
  Concourse
• 
  Ramp at north end of platforms

Neighbouring stations

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Preceding station		NSW Main lines		Following station
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Preceding station		NSW TrainLink		Following station
Template:CityRail stations toward Template:CityRail stations		Template:CityRail lines		Template:CityRail stations toward Template:CityRail stations
Template:CountryLink stations toward Template:CountryLink stations		Template:CountryLink lines Dubbo XPT		Template:CountryLink stations toward Template:CountryLink stations
Template:CountryLink stations toward Template:CountryLink stations		Template:CountryLink lines Broken Hill Outback Xplorer
Preceding station		Great Southern Rail		Following station
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Preceding station		Closed Sydney stations		Following station
Eskbank		Blue Mountains line		Cooerwull

This info box is for Eskbank Station 155.347 km from Sydney, it opened in June 1874 as Esk Bank Station being renamed Eskbank in 1883 and Lithgow Goods Station on 9 March 1925. Today it is locally known as "Esk Bank" and has a signal box known to railway employees as the Yard Box.

External links

• Sydney Trains - Lithgow station details