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Sydney Trains is the brand name and operator of suburban and intercity train services in and around Greater Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.. The metropolitan part of the network is a hybrid urban-suburban rail system with a central underground core that covers 369 km (229 mi) of route length over 813 km (505 mi) of track, with 168 stations on nine lines.
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 ...
NSW TrainLink Intercity Map NSW TrainLink Interstate map (highlighted in blue) NSW TrainLink is a train operator of passenger services outside the metropolitan area of Sydney in New South Wales. The network is divided into two tiers; intercity – a commuter-based rail network centred on the Greater Sydney area, and regional – long distance and interstate services. The network is served by a ...
A section of the current main line from Sydney to Broken Hill, was built from Orange to Molong (1885), Parkes (1893), Condobolin (1898) and Trida (1919). A separate section of standard gauge line was also opened from Menindee to Broken Hill in 1919, which met the 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge Silverton Tramway at a break-of-gauge opened in 1888. [21]
Suburban rail services in Sydney have been operated since 2013 by Sydney Trains.Over 1 million weekday passenger journeys are made, with 46,000 timetabled stops per weekday over 1,800 km (1,100 mi) of track and through 297 stations (including intercity lines). [3]
Train reporting numbers are used on Australian railway networks to help network operators, and other users, coordinate train movements and identify trains. The numbers are used similarly to airline flight numbers, and enable a train to be identified to network controllers and other relevant authorities, and are also used by train operators for internal train management purposes.
86,444 (2023) [6] 3 42 24.7 km 3,500/km Parramatta Light Rail: Light rail TBA 1 16 12 km TBA NSW TrainLink (commuter services) Newcastle, Wollongong, Scone, Dungog, Goulburn, Bathurst, Nowra (Bomaderry) Commuter rail 112,300 [7] 5: 156: 977 km: 114/km Newcastle: Newcastle Light Rail: Light rail 3,400 (2019) [8] 1 6 2.7 km 1,259/km Melbourne ...
The section north of Coonabarabran has not seen a train since 2005. The Oberon branch connected Tarana with Oberon from 1923 to 1979. [17] The Blayney–Demondrille railway line connects the Main Western Line at Blayney to the Main Southern Railway Line @ Demondrille Triangular Railway Junction.