Lithgow railway station

Lithgow
Blue Mountains Line
CountryLink Western
Station code	LTH
Town	Lithgow
Street(s)	Main Street
Coordinates	33°28′49″S 150°09′28″E
Distance from Central Station	155.78 km
Altitude (above sea level)	917 m
Types of stopping trains	Intercity CountryLink Indian Pacific
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	2
Platform arrangement	1 Island
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	Bus
Disabled access	Yes
Station facilities	Link

Station in 1950

Lithgow railway station is a regional railway station on the Blue Mountains Line of the CityRail 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

Station in 1890

The station is not the original station - this is located a kilometre or so down the line towards Sydney and, as of September 2009, is still in existence. The station building on the present platform has also been changed; the original building with its goods lift also still exists. East of Lithgow, the ten tunnels deviation opened in 1910 replacing the original zig-zag with a double track line with gentler gradients. In the 1950s, the line was electrified through Lithgow to Bowenfels, but Lithgow is the present limit of electrified passenger operations.

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 arrive on platform 2 to allow passengers to disembark before shunting forwards, then reversing into platform 1 to return to Sydney. The station is located in a cutting and is staffed and equipped with lifts for disabled access. The station is also served by daily CountryLink XPT services to Dubbo, the weekly Xplorer to Broken Hill and the twice-weekly Indian Pacific train to Adelaide and Perth. A regular bus service contracted to CityRail operates several times a day to Bathurst along the Great Western Highway.

Platform	Line	Stopping Pattern	Notes
	Blue Mountains Line	Intercity services to Katoomba, Springwood, Penrith and Sydney Terminal
	CountryLink Western	country services to Sydney (1 per day, 2 on Tuesdays)
	Great Southern Railway	Indian Pacific to Sydney (1-2 per week)
	Blue Mountains Line	Terminating services from Katoomba, Springwood, Penrith and Sydney Terminal
	CountryLink Western	country services to Dubbo (1 per day) and Broken Hill (1 per week)
	Great Southern Railway	Indian Pacific to Broken Hill, Adelaide & Perth (1-2 per week)

Transport links

Jones Bros Bus Company runs 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.

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station		NSW Main lines		Following station
Cooerwull towards Bourke		Main Western Line		continues as Blue Mountains Line towards Sydney
Preceding station		CityRail		Following station
Terminus		Blue Mountains Line		Zig Zag towards Central
Preceding station		CountryLink		Following station
Rydal towards Dubbo	CountryLink Western Dubbo XPT			Katoomba towards Sydney
Bathurst towards Broken Hill	CountryLink Western Broken Hill Outback Xplorer
Preceding station		Great Southern Railway		Following station
Bathurst towards East Perth	Indian Pacific			Sydney Terminus

This info box is for Eskbank Station 155.347 km from Sydney, it opened in June-1874 as Esk Bank Station and 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.

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