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The Central Coast & Newcastle Line (CCN) is an intercity rail service that services the Upper North Shore, Central Coast and Newcastle regions. It connects the two largest cities in New South Wales, running from Central in Sydney along the Main North railway line to Broadmeadow, and to Newcastle Interchange in Newcastle on the Newcastle railway line.
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.
The Southern Highlands Line (SHL) is an intercity rail service that services the Macarthur, Southern Highlands and Southern Tablelands regions of New South Wales.First operating in 1869, the service runs from Campbelltown across the Main Southern railway line through to Goulburn, with peak hour services extending the route to Central.
Since the organisation commenced operations in 2013–14, NSW Trains has never met the intercity peak punctuality target. [39] [38] Regional train services have achieved their punctuality target twice, in 2015–16 and 2017–18. The 2015–16 result was the first time NSW Trains or its predecessor RailCorp had achieved the target in 13 years ...
The first railways in Australia were built by private companies, based in the then colonies of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. The first railway was privately owned and operated and commissioned by the Australian Agricultural Company in Newcastle in 1831, a cast-iron fishbelly rail on an inclined plane as a gravitational railway ...
Sydney Central – South Brisbane: 1888 – February 1990 Bunbury Belle: Western Australian Government Railways: Perth – Bunbury: 6 June 1964 – 27 July 1975 Canberra Express: State Rail Authority: Sydney Central – Canberra: 31 May 1982 – January 1994 Canberra Monaro Express: New South Wales Government Railways: Sydney Central ...
An NSU class diesel locomotive, mainstay of the Central Australia Railway and the North Australia Railway since the 1950s, on display at the Adelaide River Rail Heritage Precinct. The Northern Territory was part of South Australia from 1863 to 1911, when it was transferred to Commonwealth control.
The Gerringong district was home to a highly productive dairy industry. The opening of the railway dramatically improved local producers' access to the lucrative Sydney market, so the then Gerringong Co-Operative Dairy Society moved its operations to a site neighbouring the station in 1908. The factory's rail siding was extended in 1936. [6]