Cooma Mail

The Cooma Mail was an Australian passenger train that operated from May 1889 until May 1986 between Central [railway station, Sydney|Sydney] and Cooma.

History

The Cooma Mail commenced operating following the opening of the line from Michelago to Cooma in May 1889. The service ran overnight departing Central railway [station, Sydney|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 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 On 31 May 1986, the Cooma Mail was withdrawn.