Lithgow railway station, New South Wales

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Lithgow
Blue Mountains Line
Station code	LTH
Town	Lithgow
Street(s)	Main St
Distance from Central Station	155.78 km
Station Altitude (above sea level)	? 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

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 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.

1 History
2 Services
3 Neighbouring stations
4 References

[edit] History

The station is not the original station - this is located a kilometre or so down the line towards Sydney and is still visible from the train^{[citation needed]}. The station building on the existing platform has also been changed; the original building with its goods lift also still exists. East of Lithgow, ten tunnels opened in 1910^[1] replacing the original zig-zag with a double track line with gentler gradients. In the 1950's, the line was electrified through Lithgow to Bowenfels, but Lithgow is the present limit of electrified passenger operations.

[edit] 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.