South Coast Line
| South Coast Line | |||||||||||||||
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An H set just after Scarborough | |||||||||||||||
| Overview | |||||||||||||||
| Service type | Intercity rail | ||||||||||||||
| Locale | |||||||||||||||
| First service | 21 June 1887 | ||||||||||||||
| Current operator | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||
| Route | |||||||||||||||
| Termini | Bondi Junction Central Port Kembla Bomaderry | ||||||||||||||
| Stops | 45 | ||||||||||||||
| Distance travelled | 166 km (103 mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Lines used | Eastern Suburbs Main Suburban (between Central and Redfern) South Coast | ||||||||||||||
| Technical | |||||||||||||||
| Rolling stock | H set Oscar (electric services) N set Endeavour railcar (non-electric services) | ||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||||||||||||||
| Electrification | to Kiama, all on the Port Kembla branch | ||||||||||||||
| Track owner | Transport Asset Manager of New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Timetable number | SCO | ||||||||||||||
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The South Coast Line (SCO) is an intercity rail service that services the Illawarra and South Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia. The service runs from Central in Sydney, and runs the entire length of the eponymous South Coast railway line to Bomaderry. The service also runs along the Eastern Suburbs railway line at peak hours and weekends only, and the Port Kembla railway line to Port Kembla. It is operated with Oscar H sets, with Endeavour railcar N sets operating the service on the non-electrified section between Kiama and Bomaderry.
Passenger trains first operated on the South Coast railway line in 1887, and is one of five routes on the Sydney Trains Intercity network. The South Coast Line routes span 40 stations, across 159 km (99 mi) of railway. An additional 5 stations and 7 km (4.3 mi) of railway are travelled by South Coast Line trains at peak hour on the Eastern Suburbs railway line.