The Southern Highlands Express was an Australian passenger train operating on the
Main South line
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in
New South Wales
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from
Sydney to
Goulburn
Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters pate ...
.
It was the last service out of Sydney rostered to be hauled by steam locomotive,
3801
3801 (pronounced Thirty-eight o-one) is a 4-6-2 steam locomotive operated by the New South Wales Government Railways between 1943 and 1974. It is arguably Australia's most famous steam locomotive, being the only one to have visited all mainla ...
hauling the final service on 10 October 1969. Its
headcode
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* A single-digit number, indicating the class (type) of train, followed by
* A letter, indicating the destination area, followed by
* A two-digi ...
was SL19/SL20.
For a time from June 1981 it was extended to
Canberra.
Until June 1970, it was formed of a dedicated set of R set carriages. It was then formed of
N set carriages before being replaced by air-conditioned
HUB/
RUB carriages released from the
North Coast Overnight Express in late 1988. In May 1990 it was again extended to Canberra, stopping at all stations south of
Campbelltown.
The Southern Highlands Express ceased running in the early 1990s.
The current morning service from Goulburn direct to Central and afternoon service from Central direct to Goulburn perform a similar function to the Southern Highlands Express, but are not named as such in the timetable.
[https://transportnsw.info/documents/timetables/93-SHL-Southern-Highlands-Line-20210228.pdf ]
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Named passenger trains of New South Wales
Passenger rail transport in New South Wales
Discontinued railway services in Australia