The Broken Hill railway line is now part of the transcontinental railway from Sydney to Perth. The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... The Perth skyline viewed from the Swan River This article is about the urban area of Perth, Western Australia. ...

New South Wales's first line opened from Sydney to Parramatta Junction (near Granville Station) in 1855 and was extended as the Main Western line in stages to Orange in 1877. The Broken Hill line branched off the Main Western line at Orange and was opened to Molong in 1885. It was extended to Parkes and Forbes in 1893. This line was extended from Parkes to Bogan Gate and Condobolin in 1898 and Roto and Trida in 1919. Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 50  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $305,437 (1st)  - Product per capita  $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006)  - Population  6,817,100 (1st)  - Density  8. ... Granville is a major station in CityRails network. ... The Main Western Railway is a major railway in New South Wales, Australia. ... Orange is a provincial city and Local Government Area of New South Wales, Australia. ... Molong is a small town in the central west region of New South Wales, Australia. ... Parkes is a town with a population of approximately 10,500 (as of 2004) located in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. ... Lands Office at Forbes built 1898; an all timber building in the Federation style Forbes is a town and Local Government Area (see Shire of Forbes) in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia, located on the Newell Highway between Parkes and West Wyalong. ... Condobolin is a Western New South Wales town on the Lachlan River, with a population of 3500 in the town. ...

An isolated section of standard gauge line was also opened from Menindee to Broken Hill in 1919, which met the 1067 mm gauge Silverton Tramway at a break-of-gauge. At Cockburn, South Australia, the Silverton Tramway connected with the South Australian Railways system to Port Pirie and via a break of gauge at Terowie to Adelaide. The final missing link between Trida and Menindee was completed in 1927. Menindee is a small town in the far west of New South Wales, Australia. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Silverton Rail is an Australian regional rail operator providing rail freight haulage, hook and pull, terminal and shunting services, maintenance and first response/recovery services. ... With railways, a break-of-gauge is where a line of one gauge meets a line of a different gauge. ... Cockburn (, 32°04′S 140°59′E), also known as Cockburn-Burns is a town on the border of South Australia and New South Wales near Broken Hill. ... South Australian Railways built and operated railways in South Australia from 1854 to the incorporation of its non-urban railways into the Australian National Railways Commission (ANRC) in 1975, together with the former Commonwealth Railways and the former Tasmanian Government Railways. ... Port Pirie is a city located 224 kilometres north of Adelaide in South Australia. ... Terowie is small town in the north of South Australia (33°09′ S 138°55′ E, 220 km north of Adelaide) whose main raison detre was to serve as a transshipment point at the railway break-of-gauge. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ...

In 1969 the Broken Hill - Port Pirie was standardised, completing the Sydney - Perth standard gauge link. ^[1] The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... The Perth skyline viewed from the Swan River This article is about the urban area of Perth, Western Australia. ...

Branch line

A branch line was opened from Molong to Dubbo as an alternative route with better grades in 1925. It was closed in 1987. Another branch line was opened from Bogan Gate to Trundle in 1907, Tullamore in 1908 and Tottenham in 1916.^[2] Trundle is a small town in Parkes Shire in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. ... Tullamore is a small town in Parkes Shire the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. ... tottenham nsw ...

See also

• Rail transport in New South Wales

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Notes

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References

McCarthy K. Steaming down Argent Street. Sydney Tramway Museum, Sutherland. 1983.

Railway Lines of New South Wales

Main Lines Broken Hill Line | Main Northern Line | Main Southern Line | Main Western Line | North Coast Line | South Coast (Illawarra) Line Country Branch Lines Berrima Line | Binnaway-Gwabegar Line | Blayney - Demondrille Line | Bombala Line | BHP Port Kembla | Binnaway-Werris Creek Line | Boggabilla Branch Canberra Branch | Cobar Branch | Coonamble Branch | Grenfell Branch | Gwabegar Line | Hay Branch | Lake Cargelligo Branch | Medway Quarry Branch | Merriwa Branch Mungindi Line | Murwillumbah Branch | Naradhan Branch | Oaklands Branch Parkes - Narromine Line | Picton Loop Line | Pokataroo Branch | Sandy Hollow - Gulgong Line | Skitube | Stockinbingal - Parkes Line | Temora - Roto Line | Tottenham Branch | Troy Junction - Merrygoen Line | Unanderra - Moss Vale Line | Walgett Branch | Wallerawang Colliery Branch | Warren Branch | Yanco - Griffith Line Sydney Passenger Lines ■Airport & East Hills Line | ■Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line (Eastern Suburbs Line, Cronulla Line) ■Bankstown Line | ■Carlingford Line | ■Cumberland Line | ■Inner West Line | ■North Shore Line | ■Northern Line ■Olympic Park Line | ■South Line | ■Western Line (Richmond Line) Closed Sydney Lines Camden Line | Ropes Creek Line | Royal National Park Line | Rogans Hill Line Sydney Freight Lines Metropolitan Goods Line | Sandown Line | Southern Sydney Freight Line Intercity & Regional Lines ■Blue Mountains Line | ■Hunter Lines | ■Newcastle & Central Coast Line | ■South Coast Line | ■Southern Highlands Line Under Construction or Planning CBD Rail Link | Epping to Chatswood Line | North West Rail Link | South West Rail Link Rail transport in New South Wales | Transport in New South Wales |  v • d • e

McCarthy K. Steaming down Argent Street. Sydney Tramway Museum, Sutherland. 1983. Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 50  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $305,437 (1st)  - Product per capita  $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006)  - Population  6,817,100 (1st)  - Density  8. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_South_Wales. ... An abandoned section of the Main North Line near Armidale, New South Wales. ... As originally New South Wales and Victoria had different railway gauges, this meant that all travellers in either direction had to change trains at Albury. ... The Main Western Railway is a major railway in New South Wales, Australia. ... The North Coast Line is a primary rail route on the North Coast of New South Wales, and forms a major part of the route between Sydney and Brisbane. ... The South Coast Line is in the intercity region of Sydneys CityRail services. ... The front entrance to the station. ... The Bowral to Picton line is a coach service provided by CityRail in the Southern Highlands region south of Sydney, Australia. ... An abandoned section of the Main North Line near Armidale, New South Wales. ... Skitube railway cars and rack railway track. ... Airport and East Hills line (green) The Airport and East Hills is a railway line in Sydney, part of the CityRail metropolitan network. ... The Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra railway line (popularly known as the Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line) is a commuter railway line in the eastern and southern suburbs of Sydney, Australia, that has become part of Sydneys CityRail rail network. ... The Eastern Suburbs Railway line was constructed in the 1970s. ... The Cronulla railway line is a branch railway line in the southern suburbs of the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... The Bankstown Line is part of the metropolitan rail network of Sydney known as CityRail. ... The Carlingford Line is a railway line on the metropolitan CityRail network located in western Sydney, Australia. ... The Cumberland Line (usually coloured bright lilac) is a cross-suburban service in the Sydney metropolitan rail network known as CityRail. ... The Inner West Line is a railway line located in the Inner West region of Sydney, Australia. ... A North Shore Line train crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge. ... The Northern Line, opened in 1886, is part of the metropolitan rail network in Sydney known as CityRail, running between North Sydney and Hornsby via Strathfield and Central. ... The Olympic Park Line is a train line in Sydney, Australia that connects the Sydney Olympic Park to the rest of the CityRail metropolitan train network. ... The South line has several alterate route to reach its main destination at Campbelltown railway station, Sydney, via Granville, via Regents Park, via Bankstown and via East Hills. ... Diagram of the Western Line with stopping stations The Western Line is part of the metropolitan rail network in Sydney known as CityRail. ... The Illawarra and Eastern Suburbs Line is located in Sydney, Australia, in CityRails metropolitan and south coast network, and has two branches, one to Cronulla and the other to Waterfall. ... The Metropolitan Goods Railway Line is a network of freight (or goods) railway lines in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia. ... The Sandown Line is a short industrial railway line in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... The Southern Sydney Freight Line project, a mainly single track railway is to be built from Macarthur railway station, Sydney to Sefton railway station, Sydney to separate freight trains from passenger trains. ... The Blue Mountains Line is in the intercity region of Sydneys CityRail services, serving the Blue Mountains region to the far west of Sydney, including its primary centre of Katoomba, and to as far west as Lithgow. ... The Hunter railway line is a regional railway line which is part of Sydneys CityRail network. ... The Newcastle and Central Coast Line is an intercity railway line of Sydneys CityRail network. ... The South Coast Line is in the intercity region of Sydneys CityRail services. ... On this line only Xplorers , XPTs and Endeavours operate on this line. ... The Redfern to Chatswood Rail Link (RCRL) is the name of one of the routes proposed for a new underground railway line in Sydneys central business district. ... Diagram of Epping to Chatswood Line. ... The North West Rail Link is a major project undertaken by the NSW State Government that will travel from Epping to Rouse Hill. ... The South West rail link is a planned expansion of the commuter rail network in Sydney, Australia. ... An XPT train, used on CountryLink services, at Central railway station, Sydney. ...