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RE: Hope for passenger rail services in Western NSW
- Subject: RE: Hope for passenger rail services in Western NSW
- From: James Shugg <jshugg@MailAndNews.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 03:04:20 -0500
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com
- Sender: James Shugg <jshugg@MailAndNews.com>
- Xref: news1.unite.net.au aus.rail:33931
>===== Original Message From "tony bailey" <mercuryworldtvl@one.net.au> =====
>Bourke? Is it still open? Or capable of being reopened?
>
I think the tracks are still there (as with most disused NSW lines), but
they
haven't been used for about a decade. I recall that the army blew up a
section
of embankment not far out of Nyngen during a period of extensive flooding,
disconnecting Bourke from the rest of the rail system.
Actually, my recollection is that the Bourke railway was considered a
mainline, not a branch. I'm sure others know more.
James
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