Brewarrina railway line, New South Wales
- Brewarrina railway line, New South Wales
The Brewarrina railway line is a closed railway line in far-western New South Wales, Australia. It stretches from Byrock to the town of Brewarrina. The line opened in 1901, after a petition for its construction was made in 1881. The line replaced the river trade on the Barwon and Darling river, and carried large quantities of wool [cite web | Brewarrina Shire Council | work = Brewarrina Shire Council | title = The Railway | url=http://www.brewarrina.local-e.nsw.gov.au/about/1007/1030.html | accessdate = 2007-05-07 ] . It was closed by flooding in 1974 and not reopened [cite web | last = Bozier | first = Rolfe | coaauthors = "et al" | work = NSWrail.net | title = Brewarrina Line | url=http://www.nswrail.net/lines/show.php?name=NSW:brewarrina | accessdate = 2007-05-07 ] . It is a branch of the Main West Line.
ee also
* Rail transport in New South Wales
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