The NSW CityRail Southern Highlands line was opened in 1863. This allowed passengers as far as Goulburn to travel to Sydney Central Station. The line hosts daily services, as well as the Xplorer to Canberra and the XPT to Melbourne. Many years on, and an increasing population, the Southern Highlands Line has become often congested and needing much repair. 95% of Interstate freight runs through this corridor, so it is worth investing in.
The 2-Car, single deck diesel Endeavour trains which service the line only come every hour each way, they regularly break down causing major delay, they are slow and inefficient and they are usually full and over-packed. The Southern Highlands Rail line is the only line out of Sydney that has not had electrification. While residents of the Illawarra, Central Coast and the Blue Mountains all have electrified services that go directly to Central Station, Wollondilly and Southern Highlands residents must use the CityRail diesel Endeavour carriages and are usually forced to change trains at Campbelltown or Macarthur.
With a rapidly growing population of people (exceeding well over 100,000) who commute into the city and surrounds, the Southern Highlands Line must be electrified and fixed in order to continue to run these services that passengers rely on. Urban sprawl is continuing out into areas such as Campbelltown, Penrith and Wollondilly/Southern Highlands. People will be not be willing to live in these areas if the transport system as it stands cannot support our passengers and commuters.
22 Stations, 225km of track and many angry passengers who deserve fast, easy and efficient travel and commute to wherever they seek to travel.
Dempsey Bloom - A concerned resident.
Updates
July 11, 2018
Seeing this grow makes me think of all the mornings I spent stuck on a platform waiting for a train that was never coming. This momentum shows that the neglect of our line can no longer be ignored by the people in charge.
20 Comments
Our Family wanted to move to the southern highlands but when we found out about the poor train services we decided against. Electrification on this line is now urgent.
I don't live in the Southern Highlands or Southern Tablelands as this line should have been electrified back in the 1980s during the same period the Illawarra and Newcastle lines were electrified. This country shouldn't even be using diesel trains in this day of age where the rest of the world are using electric trains. I'd also like to see the Sydney to Melbourne line electrified as well. We are way behind the rest of the world.
It’s disgracful that the people attached to the Southern Highlands Line are treated like rubbish Every other intercity line out of Sydney is electrified fully or to some extent its time for commuters at Moss Vale and as far as Goulburn and Canberra are treated better than they currently are. Infrequent Service past Moss Vale and trains that continually break. It’s time for action electrofy the the Southern Highlands Line NOW!
The Southern Highlands line does need a better service from Central to Goulburn then onto Canberra. Electrifying the line will increase tourism, booat the economy in the region and make Sydney and the highlands more acessible and make Canberra more acessible too.
The Southern Highlands has many residents forced to drive to Campbelltown and beyond to get a train to make the travel time to Sydney bearable.
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Electrification of regional rail lines is an important investment in the future. The economic, social and environmental benefits are significant.
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The NSW CityRail Southern Highlands line was opened in 1863. This allowed passengers as far as Goulburn to travel to Sydney Central Station. The line hosts daily services, as well as the Xplorer to Canberra and the XPT to Melbourne. Many years on, and an increasing population, the Southern Highlands Line has become often congested and needing much repair. 95% of Interstate freight runs through this corridor, so it is worth investing in.
The 2-Car, single deck diesel Endeavour trains which service the line only come every hour each way, they regularly break down causing major delay, they are slow and inefficient and they are usually full and over-packed. The Southern Highlands Rail line is the only line out of Sydney that has not had electrification. While residents of the Illawarra, Central Coast and the Blue Mountains all have electrified services that go directly to Central Station, Wollondilly and Southern Highlands residents must use the CityRail diesel Endeavour carriages and are usually forced to change trains at Campbelltown or Macarthur.
With a rapidly growing population of people (exceeding well over 100,000) who commute into the city and surrounds, the Southern Highlands Line must be electrified and fixed in order to continue to run these services that passengers rely on. Urban sprawl is continuing out into areas such as Campbelltown, Penrith and Wollondilly/Southern Highlands. People will be not be willing to live in these areas if the transport system as it stands cannot support our passengers and commuters.
22 Stations, 225km of track and many angry passengers who deserve fast, easy and efficient travel and commute to wherever they seek to travel.
Dempsey Bloom - A concerned resident.
Updates
July 11, 2018
Seeing this grow makes me think of all the mornings I spent stuck on a platform waiting for a train that was never coming. This momentum shows that the neglect of our line can no longer be ignored by the people in charge.
20 Comments
As a semi-regular user of Train services from Goulburn to Sydney, I often elect to drive due to the infrequent Train service and unreliability of the fleet. With the obvious increase in Home dwellings along this line and a pressing need to reduce Carbon emissions, I believe action taken in the near term to commence electrification of the Southern Highlands line will place the State in a better position to deal with the Climate Threat and encourage more people to utilise the services thereby reducing congestion on Sydney Road infrastructure.
Our Family wanted to move to the southern highlands but when we found out about the poor train services we decided against. Electrification on this line is now urgent.
I don't live in the Southern Highlands or Southern Tablelands as this line should have been electrified back in the 1980s during the same period the Illawarra and Newcastle lines were electrified. This country shouldn't even be using diesel trains in this day of age where the rest of the world are using electric trains. I'd also like to see the Sydney to Melbourne line electrified as well. We are way behind the rest of the world.
It’s disgracful that the people attached to the Southern Highlands Line are treated like rubbish Every other intercity line out of Sydney is electrified fully or to some extent its time for commuters at Moss Vale and as far as Goulburn and Canberra are treated better than they currently are. Infrequent Service past Moss Vale and trains that continually break. It’s time for action electrofy the the Southern Highlands Line NOW!
The Southern Highlands line does need a better service from Central to Goulburn then onto Canberra. Electrifying the line will increase tourism, booat the economy in the region and make Sydney and the highlands more acessible and make Canberra more acessible too.
The Southern Highlands has many residents forced to drive to Campbelltown and beyond to get a train to make the travel time to Sydney bearable.
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As a semi-regular user of Train services from Goulburn to Sydney, I often elect to drive due to the infrequent Train service and unreliability of the fleet. With the obvious increase in Home dwellings along this line and a pressing need to reduce Carbon emissions, I believe action taken in the near term to commence electrification of the Southern Highlands line will place the State in a better position to deal with the Climate Threat and encourage more people to utilise the services thereby reducing congestion on Sydney Road infrastructure.