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The Main Western Railway (or Great Western Railway [1] [2]) is a major railway in New South Wales, Australia. It runs through the Blue Mountains , and Central West regions. It is 825 kilometres (513 mi) long, of which 484 kilometres (301 mi) is currently operational.
In May 2012, the Minister for Transport announced a restructure of RailCorp. [1] [2] On 1 July 2013, NSW TrainLink took over the operation of regional rail and coach services previously operated by CountryLink; non-metropolitan Sydney services previously operated by CityRail; and responsibility for the Main Northern railway line from Berowra to Newcastle, the Main Western railway line from Emu ...
The Sydney Railway Company encountered many troubles: engineers came and went; real estate required became expensive and difficult to acquire; money, supplies and manpower ran short, partly because of a gold rush. Eventually the property of the Sydney Railway Company was transferred to the government of New South Wales on 3 September 1855.
The T1 uses a number of different railway lines and is the result of various schemes to link the lines together. The line is centred around the Main Suburban railway line which runs from Central to Granville, which continues as the Main Western line at Granville. The Richmond railway line branches from the Main Western line at Blacktown.
The Richmond railway line is a railway line in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.It is a branch of the Main Western line. Sydney Trains operates electric passenger train services over the line and markets these as part of the North Shore & Western Line and Cumberland Line.
Bell railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Western line in New South Wales, Australia.It serves the Blue Mountains village of Bell, and opened in May 1875 as Mount Wilson, being renamed Bell on 1 May 1889.
The station marks the end of the four-track section of the Main Western line. It was designed by New South Wales Government Railways and was built in 1862. The station together with its railway signal box and former goods yard was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 as the St. Marys Railway Station Group. [3]
The NSW Government committed to establishing a corridor for the future WSFL as part of its Freight & Ports Strategy in 2013. [1] Corridor preservation for the WSFL is also considered a priority under the State Infrastructure Strategy. Constraints analysis and consultation took place between 2015 and 2017, with the line in operation "before 2030 ...