Tarago
Tarago is a small rail-oriented town of 510 (2021) in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales.
Understand
Get in
By train
🌍 Tarago Station is along the Bombala Line, forming part of the route between Sydney (3 hours) and Canberra (1 hour), and is a request stop on the thrice-daily Canberra Xplorer. Tickets must be booked in advanced on the NSW Trainlink website.
| Service number | 632 | 634 | 636 | 631 | 633 | 635 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canberra (Kingston) | 7:00AM | 11:58AM | 5:00PM | Central (Sydney) | 7:11AM | 12:11PM | 5:16PM |
| Tarago | 8:02AM | 1:00PM | 6:02PM | Tarago | 10:12AM | 3:10PM | 8:34PM |
| Central (Sydney) | 11:09AM | 4:07PM | 9:08PM | Canberra (Kingston) | 11:20AM | 4:20PM | 9:43PM |
By car
Tarago is 30 minutes south of Goulburn via Braidwood Road and 25 minutes northeast of Bungendore via Tarago/Bungendore Road.
Get around
The town is small enough to be visitable on foot.
See

- The train station is the only thing of note in town and is heritage listed.
Do
Buy
Eat
- 🌍 Chubby Cat Cafe, 4/1-3 Braidwood Road, ☏ +61 2 8366 2345, ChubbyCatCafeTarago@gmail.com. M Tu Th F 7AM–4PM; Sa Su 8AM–4PM (closed W).
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Drink and sleep
- 🌍 The Loaded Dog Hotel, 1 Wallace St, ☏ +61 2 4849 4499, loadeddoghoteltarago@gmail.com.
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Connect
Go next
| Canberra ← Bungendore ← | S Canberra XPL NE | → Goulburn → Sydney |