Menindee railway station

Menindee
Location Malden Street, Menindee
Coordinates 32°23′19″S 142°25′34″E / 32.3887°S 142.4261°E / -32.3887; 142.4261
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Broken Hill
Distance 1006.60 kilometres from Central
Platforms 1
Tracks 3
Construction
Structure type Ground
Other information
Station code MND
History
Opened 15 July 1919
Services
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station
Terminus
NSW TrainLink Western
Broken Hill Outback Xplorer
towards Sydney
Preceding station   Great Southern Railway   Following station
towards East Perth
Indian Pacific
towards Sydney

Menindee railway station is located on the Broken Hill line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Menindee.

History

Menindee station opened on 15 July 1919 when the line opened from Broken Hill. It served as the terminus until the line was extended east in November 1927 to connect with the line from Sydney. Until this point, the line was isolated from the rest of the New South Wales Government Railways network.[1][2]

Services

Menindee is served by NSW TrainLink's weekly Outback Xplorer between Sydney and Broken Hill.[3]

Great Southern Rail's weekly Indian Pacific also calls at Menindee.[4]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Sydney Central & Broken Hill
Great Southern Rail Indian Pacific to Sydney Central & Perth

References

  1. Menindee Station NSWrail.net
  2. Menindee Railway Station NSW Environment & Heritage
  3. "Western timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 20 October 2013 [Updated 15 June 2013].
  4. "Indian Pacific timetable". Great Southern Rail. 2 August 2015.

External links

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