Hay railway line

Hay Line
Legend Hay Beabula Uardry Carrathool Groongal Bringagee Benerembah Willbriggie Whitton Gogeldrie line to Griffith Yanco line to Tocumwal Narrandera Grong Grong Matong Ganmain Coolamon Marrar Old Junee joins the Main South line at Junee

The Hay railway line is a partly closed railway line in New South Wales, Australia. The line branches from the Main South line at Junee, and passes in a westwards direction through the towns of Coolamon and Narrandera to Yanco. The first train arrived in Hay on 4 July 1882.^[1] The line beyond Yanco to Hay is now closed,^[2] although the section to Willbriggie remained open for grain haulage until 2004.^[3] At Yanco, the still-open Yanco to Griffith line branches off in a northwesterly direction to Griffith.

Passenger services

Hay railway line in Junee

Hay branch line - Junee

Until 1986, passenger service operated over the section of line between Junee and Yanco on their way to Griffith, consisting of a through train to Sydney (the Riverina Express) on several days per week, with a connection service between Grifith and Junee (connecting with the South Mail) on the other days. A connecting railcar service was provided at Narrandera for passengers on the Tocumwal line operated three days per week, until withdrawn on Saturday 26 November 1983.^[4]

These services were withdrawn in 1986, and replaced by road coach services.^[5] Between 1986 and 1996, no passenger trains operated over the line until services were reintroduced in 1996 after considerable political pressure was placed upon the NSW State Government.^[6] A weekly locomotive train was initially reintroduced, subsequently replaced by a weekly Xplorer train. The train runs mainly for political reasons rather than fulfilling a significant transport role. Railway stations remain open at Coolamon and Narrandera.

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See also

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