Broken Hill railway line, New South Wales

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Broken Hill Line

Legend Main West Line at Orange Orange East Fork Platform Canobolas Nashdale Borenore Molong Molong- Dubbo line to Dubbo (closed) Pinecliffe Gregra Manildra Bumberry Mandagery Cookamidgera Mugincoble Parkes Racecourse Parkes branch line to Narromine branch line to Stockinbingal Brolgan Gunningbland Bogan Gate Tottenham line to Tottenham Yarrabandai Derriwong Condobolin Micabil Kiacatoo Gunebang Euabalong West Matakana Roto line to Temora (closed) Wee Elwah Trida Conoble Ivanhoe Beilpajah Darnick Sayers Lake Gum Lake Menindee Box Tank Horse Lake Kinalung The Gorge Mount Gipps Broken Hill South Australia border continues to Port Augusta and Perth

The Broken Hill railway line is now part of the transcontinental railway from Sydney to Perth.

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.

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. In 1969 the Broken Hill - Port Pirie line was standardised, completing the Sydney - Perth standard gauge link. ^[1]

Contents 1 Branch line 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] 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]

[edit] See also

• Rail transport in New South Wales

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

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

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