Blayney railway station

Blayney

Disused Blayney-Demondrille line platform
in July 2010
Location Railway Lane, Blayney
Coordinates 33°31′38″S 149°15′16″E / 33.5271°S 149.2545°E / -33.5271; 149.2545
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Main Western
Blayney-Demondrille
Distance 290.37 kilometres from Central
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Ground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code BLA
History
Opened 1 November 1876
Services
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station
towards Broken Hill or Dubbo
NSW TrainLink Western
towards Sydney
NSW TrainLink Western
towards Sydney

Blayney railway station is located on the Main Western line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Blayney, opening on 1 November 1876 when the line was extended from Bathurst. In 1888, it became a junction station with the opening of the Blayney-Demondrille line.[1][2][3]

Opposite the platform lies an intermodal freight transport depot that opened in 1994.[4]

Services

Blayney is served by NSW TrainLink's daily Central West XPT service operating between Sydney and Dubbo and the weekly Outback Xplorer between Sydney and Broken Hill.[5]

NSW TrainLink road coach services operating between Lithgow, Orange and Grenfell also serve the station.[5]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Sydney Central , Dubbo & Broken Hill

References

  1. Blayney Station NSWrail.net
  2. Blayney Railway Station NSW Environment & Heritage
  3. "Byways of Steam: Cowra" Roundhouse January 1980 page 4
  4. "Blayney Freight Service Commences Operations" Railway Digest June 1994 page 7
  5. 1 2 "Western timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 20 October 2013 [Updated 15 June 2013].

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