Penrose | |||||||||||||
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![]() Northbound view from Platform 2, January 2006 | |||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||
Location | Highland Way, Penrose Australia | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°40′21″S 150°12′43″E / 34.672394°S 150.211912°E | ||||||||||||
Elevation | 647 metres (2,123 ft) | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||||
Operated by | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Main Southern | ||||||||||||
Distance | 171.4 kilometres from Central[1] | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||
Station code | PRS | ||||||||||||
Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | 1869 | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1916 | ||||||||||||
Previous names | Cables Siding (1869-1871) | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2023[4] | <1 (daily)[2][3] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink) | ||||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||||
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Penrose railway station is located on the Main Southern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the village of Penrose opening in 1869 as Cables Siding being renamed Penrose on 1 June 1871. It was relocated to its present site on 15 March 1916.[5] Another station, Kareela, once existed between Penrose and Bundanoon.[6]