Vineyard, New South Wales

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Vineyard
Sydney, New South Wales
Postcode: 2765
Location: 50 km (31 mi) west of Sydney CBD
State District: Electoral district of Riverstone
Federal Division: Division of Greenway
Suburbs around Vineyard:
Windsor Mulgrave McGraths Hill
South Windsor Vineyard Oakville
Windsor Downs Riverstone Box Hill
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Vineyard (pronounced "Vinyard") is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. [1] Vineyard is located 50 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown. Vineyard is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

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[edit] History

Vineyard takes its name from the vineyards in this area, since this suburb was originally part of Windsor’s winegrowing district.

[edit] Transport

Vineyard is situated between the Richmond Road running from Blacktown to Richmond, and the Windsor Road running from Windsor to North Parramatta. Windsor Road is currently (Dec 06) undergoing a major upgrade to four lanes.

Vineyard railway station is on Richmond branch of the Western railway line of the Cityrail network, between Blacktown and Richmond. It provides regular commuter electric train services in both directions.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Vineyard. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.

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