Bowral

How to get to Bowral by train

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Southern Highlands · from Sydney by train

By train, Bowral is typically 2 hr 38 min from Sydney with 2 changes: T4 train then T8 train then Southern Highlands Line. The nearest station is Bowral Station, 500 m on foot.

Typical time
2h 38m
Changes
2
By
T4 train then T8 train then Southern Highlands Line

Step by step

An example weekday journey, leaving Central at 09:52 and arriving at 12:32:

  1. T4 train from Central Station to Wolli Creek Station, leaving at 09:54 (10 min).
  2. Walk 150 m to Wolli Creek Station.
  3. T8 train from Wolli Creek Station to Macarthur Station, leaving at 10:08 (48 min).
  4. Southern Highlands Line from Macarthur Station to Bowral Station, leaving at 11:16 (1h 09m).
  5. Walk 500 m to Bowral. About 300 m of it follows a road with no footpath mapped.

Compared with the usual route

The usual route from Central on a weekday morning is T8 train then Southern Highlands bus, about 2 hours 40 minutes with 1 change. Going by train takes about 5 minutes less. How to get to Bowral has the full timetable, the last mile and the way back.

On Sundays

There is no journey by train on a Sunday.

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Questions

How long does it take to get to Bowral by train?
About 2 hours 40 minutes from Sydney: the median of 4 weekday journeys leaving between 8 and 10 am that use the train.
Is there a train to Bowral on Sundays?
No. The timetable has no journey by train from Central to Bowral on a Sunday.