| Blue Mountains Line | |||||||||||||||
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| Overview | |||||||||||||||
| Service type | Commuter rail | ||||||||||||||
| Status | In operation | ||||||||||||||
| Locale | Blue Mountains and Central West, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| First service | 1868 (as part of the Main Western Line) | ||||||||||||||
| Current operator(s) | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||||||
| Former operator(s) | State Rail, CityRail | ||||||||||||||
| Ridership | 10,154,000 passengers in 2019 | ||||||||||||||
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| Termini | Central Bathurst | ||||||||||||||
| Stops | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) used | Main Western | ||||||||||||||
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| Rolling stock | NSW TrainLink V set and Endeavour railcar | ||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||||||||||||||
| Electrification | 1957 (west to Lithgow) | ||||||||||||||
| Track owner(s) | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||||||
| Timetable number(s) | BMT | ||||||||||||||
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The Blue Mountains Line (BMT) is an inter urban commuter rail service operated by NSW TrainLink serving the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. The line travels west from Sydney to the major town of Katoomba and on to Mount Victoria, Lithgow and Bathurst. Mount Victoria is the terminus for most electric services, but some services terminate at Lithgow instead. Two express services per day in each direction, known as the Bathurst Bullet, extend to the regional city of Bathurst, which is supplemented by road coaches connecting Bathurst to Lithgow. Due to electrification limits at Lithgow, the Bathurst Bullet is run using the Endeavour railcars, which operate on diesel. The Blue Mountains Line operates over a mostly duplicated section of the Main Western line. As such, the tracks are also traversed by the Central West XPT, Outback Xplorer and Indian Pacific passenger services and by freight trains.
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