NSW TrainLink – Trial coach service

Have your say

NSW TrainLink is consulting with local communities about a proposal to trial coach services connecting Wagga Wagga with Canberra.

It is expected the service would provide customers from Wagga Wagga and towns along the way with the opportunity to travel to Canberra, spend around six to seven hours there and travel back in the same day. The timetable has been designed to allow time for shopping, medical appointments, business activities and to visit family and friends. There are two potential routes between Wagga Wagga and Canberra. One route travels via and the other via Junee and . Depending on feedback from the community, both of these routes may be trialled on different days of the week. We are proposing to run the service at times that will also allow customers to connect with trains between Canberra and . This will provide customers in Wagga Wagga, Gundagai, Junee and Cootamundra, with another option when they can travel to and from Sydney. You can provide feedback on the proposed trials up until 30 November 2018. Details of how you can provide feedback and find out more about the trials are included in this newsletter.

For more information, visit transportnsw.info/wagga-canberra Proposed timetables

We have developed proposed timetables for two potential routes between Wagga Wagga and Canberra. The below timetables are indicative and may change following consultation with the community. Both routes could operate on different days depending on community feedback.

Wagga Wagga – Gundagai – Canberra (and return) Wagga Wagga Railway Station 7:00am Canberra (Kingston) Station 4:30pm Gundagai Visitor Centre 8:00am Queanbeyan Bus Interchange 4:40pm Canberra Civic 10:00am Canberra Hospital 4:55pm Canberra John James Hospital 10:15am Canberra John James Hospital 5:05pm Canberra Hospital 10:25am Canberra Civic 5:20pm Queanbeyan Bus Interchange 10:40am Gundagai Visitor Centre 7:20pm Canberra (Kingston) Station 10:50am Wagga Wagga Railway Station 8:20pm

Wagga Wagga – Junee – Cootamundra – Canberra (and return) Wagga Wagga Railway Station 7:00am Canberra (Kingston) Station 4:30pm Junee Railway Station 7:35am Queanbeyan Bus Interchange 4:40pm Cootamundra Railway Station 8:25am Canberra Hospital 4:55pm Canberra Civic 10:25am Canberra John James Hospital 5:05pm Canberra John James Hospital 10:40am Canberra Civic 5:20pm Canberra Hospital 10:50am Cootamundra Railway Station 7:20pm Queanbeyan Bus Interchange 11:05am Junee Railway Station 8:10pm Canberra (Kingston) Station 11:15am Wagga Wagga Railway Station 8:45pm Extra Sydney Connection The timetables we have proposed would enable customers to connect with trains between Canberra and Sydney.

Sydney connections

Train to Central (Sydney) 12:00pm Train from Central (Sydney) 12.06pm departing from Canberra departing Sydney Arrives at Central Station (Sydney) 4.14pm Train arrives in Canberra (Kingston Station) 4:13pm

Information stalls

Gundagai Junee

Date: Monday, 29 October 2018 Date: Tuesday, 30 October 2018 Time: Drop in anytime between Time: Drop in any time between 4.30pm and 7.30pm 1.00pm and 2.30pm Venue: Outside the Woolworths, Venue: Outside the Junee Railway Station Cafe, 244 Sheridan Street, Gundagai Railway Square, Junee

Date: Tuesday, 30 October 2018 Cootamundra Time: Drop in any time between 3.00pm and 5.00pm Date: Wednesday, 31 October 2018 Venue: Outside the Junee IGA, Time: Drop in any time between 102 The Broadway, Junee 12.30am and 3.30pm Venue: Cootamundra Railway Station, Hovell Street, Cootamundra Wagga Wagga

Date: Wednesday, 31 October 2018 Date: Thursday, 1 November 2018 Time: Drop in anytime between Time: Drop in any time between 5.00pm and 6.30pm 4.00pm and 7.30pm Venue: Outside Woolworths, Venue: Wagga Wagga Marketplace Parker Lane, Cootamundra (near the food court), 87 Baylis Street, Wagga Wagga

Date: Friday, 2 November 2018 Time: Drop in any time between 11.30am and 3.30pm Venue: Wagga Wagga Railway Station, Station Place, Wagga Wagga Ticketing

Ticket prices will be similar to other NSW TrainLink operated coach services. Pensioners and senior tickets will be $2.50 across all locations. Customers can receive an additional 10% off the below prices when booking online. Please see below indicative adult fares for each journey.

Wagga to Canberra One way adult full fare ticket $23 - $38 (off-peak & peak pricing) Junee to Canberra Community One way adult full fare ticket $23 - $38 (off-peak & peak pricing) feedback Cootamundra to Canberra To help us plan the services we’d like feedback from local One way adult full fare ticket communities on details such as: $20 - $34 (off-peak & peak pricing) • Preferred days of travel Gundagai to Canberra • Purpose of travel One way adult full fare ticket • How long people want to spend in Canberra $20 - $34 (off-peak & peak pricing) • Where pick up and drop off locations should be, and • How often the services should operate. To have your say, please complete our online survey by visiting this page transportnsw.info/wagga-canberra and then follow the link on the Wagga Wagga to Canberra trial section. Or come and chat with us at your local information stall. Printed surveys are available at Wagga Wagga, Junee and Cootamundra Railway Stations. If you are unable to pick up a survey, please contact us and we will arrange to have a survey sent to you.

Contact our team

If you can’t make it to one of the information stalls, please feel free to contact the project team. Phone: 02 8574 2474 Email: [email protected] The community feedback period will be open until 30 November 2018.