The Cooma Mail was an Australian passenger train that operated from May 1889 until May 1986 between
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
and
Cooma.
History
The ''Cooma Mail'' commenced operating following the opening of the line from
Michelago
Michelago is a village in the Monaro region of New South Wales, Australia. The village is in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council local government area, south of Canberra on the Monaro Highway. It was founded in the 1820s, on the main route from ...
to
Cooma in May 1889. The service ran overnight departing
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
at 21:00 arriving in Cooma at 10:30 the following morning.
In 1912, the service was upgraded to run as a passenger train throughout, it had previously operated as a
mixed train south of
Queanbeyan
Queanbeyan ( ) is a city in the south-eastern region of New South Wales, Australia, located adjacent to the Australian Capital Territory in the Southern Tablelands region. Located on the Queanbeyan River, the city is the council seat of the ...
, and accelerated departing Sydney at 20:25 and arriving at 07:00. In March 1927 a
Canberra
Canberra ( )
is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...
portion was added.
[
In June 1981, the Sydney bound services was altered to operate as a daylight service departing Cooma at 08:50.][ On 31 May 1986 the Cooma Mail was withdrawn.]["New Services from 1 June" '' Railway Digest'' July 1986 page 204]
References
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Named passenger trains of New South Wales
Night trains of Australia
Passenger rail transport in New South Wales
Railway services introduced in 1889
Railway services discontinued in 1986
Transport in the Australian Capital Territory
1889 establishments in Australia
1986 disestablishments in Australia
Cooma
Discontinued railway services in Australia