[4] Goulburn Station is operated by NSW TrainLink, and has several train and coach services to destinations including Canberra, Albury, Melbourne, Griffith, Moss Vale, Campbelltown and Sydney.

[5] At the time, the explorer William Hovell lived immediately opposite the main station building on Sloane Street.

[8] Goulburn became a major railway centre with a roundhouse and engine servicing facilities and a factory which made pre-fabricated concrete components for signal boxes and station buildings.

A large railway refreshment room opened on the island platform in 1915, closing in 1986 with the withdrawal of the Cooma Mail.

From April 1962 until March 1975, the Spirit of Progress conveyed a through car between Melbourne and Canberra, three days per week in each direction.

Two gatekeeper's residences – at 58 Reign Street and 1 Blackshaw Road – were type 1 design brick and stone buildings.

[4] Goulburn railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

The construction of the line to Goulburn was a major milestone in the development of the railways during the 19th Century and opened up the pastoral industry in this region to new markets.

The site is associated with John Whitton ('Father of the NSW Railways'), through his achievement in completing the trunk lines to Goulburn.

[4] The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.

The roundhouse is of significance as a good example of a large scale industrial railway structure retaining much of its original fabric and form.

[4] The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

[4] The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

[4] This Wikipedia article contains material from Goulburn Railway Station, yard group and movable relics, entry number 01152 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.