Broken Hill railway station
Railway station in New South Wales, Australia
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Broken Hill railway station is located on the Broken Hill line in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
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Australia
Broken Hill | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Silver City Highway, Broken Hill Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°57′37″S 141°28′00″E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Manager of New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 1,124.80 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | BHQ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.transportnsw.info | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 4 June 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 6,578 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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History
Broken Hill Crystal Street
Broken Hill Crystal Street railway station opened on 15 July 1919 when the line opened to Menindee. Until extended further east in 1927, the section was not connected to the rest of the New South Wales Government Railways network.[1][2]
Broken Hill's first railway connection arrived in 1888, with the Silverton Tramway connecting the city to the South Australian Railways' narrow-gauge system at Cockburn and on to Adelaide via Sulphide Street station. Broken Hill developed into a lucrative location with the mines providing a regular source of traffic.[3]
Current station
A new brick station opened on 4 June 1957, 560 metres west of the original station.[2][4][5]
As part of the construction of the project to convert to standard gauge the Sydney to Perth railway line, in 1969 the station platform was extended to 370 metres accommodate the Indian Pacific with a new signal box constructed at the western end of the station building.[2][6] With modern centralised train control, the signal box is no longer staffed.
Although some 50 kilometres from the border, Broken Hill was the border station between New South Wales and South Australia, with interstate trains changing locomotives up until the 1990s in the era of state-owned railway networks.[7]
Services
From September 1937 until November 1989, Broken Hill was the terminus for the Silver City Comet from Orange.[8] It was also the terminus for Australian National's Silver City Limited from Adelaide from December 1986 until December 1990.[9][10][11] It was served by The Alice from Sydney to Alice Springs from November 1983 until October 1987.[12][13]
Since March 1996, Broken Hill has been served by NSW TrainLink's weekly Outback Express to and from Sydney.[14] NSW TrainLink also operates road coach services to Adelaide, Dubbo and Mildura which leave from the city's Tourist Information Centre bus terminal.[15]
Since it introduction in February 1970, Journey Beyond's weekly Indian Pacific has called at Broken Hill.[16] Initially operating twice weekly, in July 1973 it was increased to three times weekly, and in July 1975 to four times per week.[17][18] Today it operates weekly.[19]
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | Indian Pacific | to East Perth or Sydney Central | |
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| services to Sydney Central |
