Coonamble railway line

Coonamble Line
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Route map
Coonamble
 Combara
 Brightling
 Gular
 Armatree
 Curban
 Kamber
 Gilgandra
 Balladoran
 Eumungerie
 Mogriguy
 Talbragar
 Troy Junction to Merrygoen
 joins the Main West line at Dubbo

The Coonamble railway line is a railway line in New South Wales, Australia. The line branches from the Main West Line at Dubbo. It opened in 1903,[1] and carried passenger traffic until the 1970s. 900/950 class railmotors were first introduced on the service between Dubbo and Coonamble.[2] It continues to carry goods traffic, predominantly grain. The disused historic Coonamble railway station is currently at risk of demolition due to vandalism and high maintenance costs.[3] The line is owned by the Rail Infrastructure Corporation of New South Wales, however operations over the line are managed by the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) under a 60-year agreement.[4] The northern section of the line features track that is in generally poor condition with derailments not uncommon.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bozier, Rolfe; et al. "Coonamble Line". NSWrail.net. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
  2. ↑ "Railway Service Provision". State Records NSW. Archived from the original on 8 September 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
  3. ↑ "Old railway station faces uncertain future". ABC News. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Final Tripartite Agreement". ARTC. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
  5. ↑ Rail line condition puts grain plant on hold ABC News


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