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Queensland – Standard Time Act 1894 [12] New South Wales – Standard Time Act 1987 [13] Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory – Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972 [14] Victoria – Summer Time Act 1972 [15] Tasmania – Standard Time Act 1895 [16] and the Daylight Saving Act 2007 [17]
The Sydney–Perth rail corridor is a 1435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge railway route that runs for 4352 kilometres (2704 mi) across Australia from Sydney, New South Wales, to Perth, Western Australia. [1] Most of the route is under the control of the Australian Rail Track Corporation. [2]
The Broken Hill railway line, extending 801 kilometres (498 miles) from Orange, New South Wales to Broken Hill, is now part of the transcontinental rail corridor from Sydney to Perth. The first railway line in New South Wales opened from Sydney to Parramatta Junction (near Granville station) in 1855 and was extended as the Main Western line in ...
1919 – Railways of New South Wales and South Australia meet at Broken Hill with break-of-gauge; 1919 – First electric suburban trains run in Melbourne; 1924 – Final section of North Coast line opens, linking Cairns to the rest of the Australian railway system; 1925 – Great White Train is created to promote industry and tours in New ...
In 1968, Tasmania was the first state since the war to adopt daylight saving. In 1971, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory also adopted daylight saving, while Western Australia and the Northern Territory did not. Queensland abandoned daylight saving in 1972.
The Indian Pacific is a weekly experiential tourism-oriented passenger train service that runs in Australia's east–west rail corridor between Sydney, on the shore of the Pacific Ocean, and Perth, on the shore of the Indian Ocean – thus, like its counterpart in the north–south corridor, The Ghan, one of the few truly transcontinental trains in the world.
After restoration, 3801 operated heritage trains throughout New South Wales. It was operated by 3801 Limited under a 20-year lease. During the Australian Bicentenary celebrations in 1988, it operated an extensive program across Australia visiting every mainland capital accessible by rail including another trip to Perth in April/May 1988. [20]
New South Wales Railways logo on passenger car Locomotive No. 1 at the Powerhouse Museum. New South Wales' railways date from 10 December 1831 when the Australian Agricultural Company officially opened Australia's first railway, [2] located at the intersection of Brown and Church Streets, Newcastle.