Canberra railway station is located in Kingston, Australian Capital Territory. The station is the terminus for NSW TrainLink rail services from Sydney and interchange point for NSW TrainLink coach services to Cootamundra, Bombala and Eden, and V/Line coach services to Bairnsdale. It is the only railway station in the ACT.In March 1913 work began on a new rail link from the capital to Queanbeyan on the Goulburn to Bombala branch line. The line was constructed by the New South Wales Public Works Department on behalf of the Federal Government.The station building opened on 21 April 1924. From 1927 when Federal Parliament moved to Canberra, the rail passenger service was upgraded with the introduction of a Canberra portion to the Cooma Mail overnight train to Sydney that connected with Melbourne sleeper trains at Goulburn. A daylight service from Sydney was also introduced.A new passenger terminal building was constructed in 1966. Canberra station along with the line to Queanbeyan was owned and staffed by Australian National until May 1985 when it was transferred to the NSW State Rail Authority who operated all the services on the line.