Coonamble railway line, New South Wales
- Coonamble railway line, New South Wales
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 [cite web | last = Bozier | first = Rolfe | coaauthors = "et al" | work = NSWrail.net | title = Coonamble Line | url=http://www.nswrail.net/lines/show.php?name=NSW:coonamble | accessdate = 2007-05-07 ] , and carried passenger traffic until the 1970s. 900/950 class railmotors were first introduced on the service between Dubbo and Coonamble[cite web|work=State Records NSW| title=Railway Service Provision|url=http://investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/Details/Activity_Detail.asp?Id=155| accessdate=07 May| accessyear=2007] . It continues to carry goods traffic, predominately grain. The disused historic Coonamble railway station is currently at risk of demolition due to vandalism and high maintenance costs][cite web|work=ABC News| title=Old railway station faces uncertain future|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200702/1853927.htm?centralwest| accessdate=07 May| accessyear=2007] . 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. [cite web | ARTC| work = ARTC | title = Final Tripartite Agreement| url=http://www.artc.com.au/docs/nswlease/pdf/Final_Tripartite_Agreement.pdfname=NSW:grenfell | accessdate = 2007-05-24 ] ]ee also
* Rail transport in New South Wales
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