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stylescriber

Posted: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:26:34 PM

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Need some information on Katoomba. How do I get there from Sydney? Yearning for an old-country feel in Australia.Thanks in advance!

Carlwelsby

Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:42:25 AM

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Hi

I found this website which should help:

http://www.bluemts.com.au/tourist/about/HowToGetHere.asp

They say,

TRAVELLING BY CAR
The most popular means of transport to the Blue Mountains is by car. The entrance to the Blue Mountains at Glenbrook/Lapstone is only around 50 minutes drive from Sydney.
From the city, follow the signs to Parramatta. The M4 Motorway starts at Strathfield and takes you through to Lapstone in the Blue Mountains.
(A toll applies at the Sydney end of the M4).

Many accommodation guides will tell you that the Blue Mountains is a 90 minute drive from Sydney, however, Blue Mountains Web acknowledges that there is far more to the Blue Mountains than the popular tourist destination of Leura / Katoomba (90 minutes from Sydney).

An alternative route to the Blue Mountains is via Bell’s Line of Road which starts at Richmond and takes you through to Mount Tomah and Bell, and across to Mount Victoria. This drive is extremely pleasant through the vast Blue Mountains National Park, a contrast to the main thoroughfare of the Great Western Highway.

If you are travelling from the outer west, follow the signs to Lithgow, then through to Hartley where you will enter the Blue Mountains via Victoria Pass taking you straight to the top at Mount Victoria.

TRAVEL DISTANCES FROM SYDNEY
Town Km
Glenbrook 74
Springwood 84
Lawson 95
Wentworth Falls 113
Leura 119
Katoomba 122
Blackheath 133
Town Km
Megalong Valley
(Turn off at Blackheath) 144
Mount Victoria 138
Mount Tomah
(via Bells Line of Road) 121
Clarence (Zig Zag Railway) 127
Lithgow 161
Jenolan Caves/Oberon 194

TRAVELLING BY TRAIN
Possibly the most relaxing way to travel to the Blue Mountains is by Rail.
City Rail offer an extremely efficient service to the Blue Mountains. If you are flying into Sydney, a new rail link opened in 2001 taking passengers directly from Sydney Airport to Central Railway Station. There are also many shuttle buses available to transport you to Central Railway Station.

From Central you can Board an air-conditioned double decker Mountains train. The fast journey to the Mountains will most likely stop at Strathfield, Parramatta, Penrith, Emu Plains, and then all stations up the Blue Mountains.

Most trains go through to Mount Victoria. Some even go as far as Lithgow. Trains generally run every hour and even more frequently during peak commuter times. Taxis are readily available from Blaxland, Springwood, Leura and Katoomba Railway Stations.

APPROXIMATE TRAVEL TIMES BY TRAIN

Destination Hours
Sydney to Glenbrook 1
Sydney to Springwood 1.25
Sydney to Hazelbrook 1.5
Sydney to Wentworth Falls 1.75
Sydney to Katoomba 2
Sydney to Mount Victoria 2.25
Sydney to Lithgow 2.75

Visit City Rail for Train Timetables

TRAVELLING BY COACH
Many coach companies offer day trips to the Blue Mountains.
Coaches generally leave from Circular Quay in Sydney.

I visited years ago and can't remember how we got there i'm afraid - probably by bus as we had no car and I don't remember taking the train. There is (was) a lovely walk down below the 3 Sisters.

Hope you get there!

Cheers

Carl

wadders

Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:05:32 AM

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I've used the train heaps of times - they are pretty regular from central station - roughly every couple of hours.

Some of the trains are double deckers so you see more of the countryside!

Katoomba is a great escape from Sydney. Do you need info on where to stay?

Slight word of warning, and I'm sure you'd do it anyway, but if you're going bushwalking, tell people where you're going etc and make sure you take adequate provisions, map, compass etc. An experienced bushwalker got disorientated last year and unfortunately the emergancy services didn't get to him in time....

helloworldbea

Posted: Friday, March 07, 2008 8:25:57 AM

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Katoomba is a really nice place and blue mountains is a great place to go trekking! a lot of great sights to see.
To get there from Sydney city there is a train that leaves every hour from Central Station from what I remember and there are also express trains every so often so it skips all the small stations. Its sorta 1 hour to get there from Sydney city. I hope you have a great time!!!

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