The Cooma Mail was an Australian passenger train that operated from May 1889 until May 1986 between Sydney and

Cooma Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It is located south of the national capital, Canberra, via the Monaro Highway. It is also on the Snowy Mountains Highway, connecting Bega with the Riverina. At the , Cooma had a ...

History

The ''Cooma Mail'' commenced operating following the opening of the line from Michelago to

in May 1889. The service ran overnight departing Sydney at 21:00 arriving in Cooma at 10:30 the following morning. In 1912, the service was upgraded to run as a passenger train throughout, it had previously operated as a

mixed train A mixed train or mixed consist is a train that contains both passenger and freight cars or wagons. Although common in the early days of railways, by the 20th century they were largely confined to branch lines with little traffic. Typically, service ...

south of Queanbeyan, and accelerated departing Sydney at 20:25 and arriving at 07:00. In March 1927 a Canberra portion was added. In June 1981, the Sydney bound services was altered to operate as a daylight service departing Cooma at 08:50. On 31 May 1986 the Cooma Mail was withdrawn."New Services from 1 June" ''

Railway Digest ''Railway Digest'' is a monthly magazine, published in Sydney, covering contemporary railways of Australia. Overview The magazine's publisher is the Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS), NSW Division. The first issue was published in ...

'' July 1986 page 204

References

{{NSWLocos, state=collapsed Named passenger trains of New South Wales Night trains of Australia Passenger rail transport in New South Wales Railway services introduced in 1889 Railway services discontinued in 1986 Transport in the Australian Capital Territory 1889 establishments in Australia 1986 disestablishments in Australia Cooma Discontinued railway services in Australia