History Main North railway line, New South Wales



abandoned section of main north line north of armidale post marking distance sydney central station



wallangarra rail ticket 1989


the first section of main north line built port of newcastle victoria street, maitland in 1857 , extended singleton in 1863, muswellbrook , murrurundi in 1872, werris creek , west tamworth in 1878, armidale in 1883 , wallangarra in 1888.


the sydney newcastle section, homebush waratah, had difficult topography overcome, including crossing hawkesbury river, traversing mullet creek bank , constructing woy woy tunnel. south, line opened between homebush , hornsby in 1886, extended hawkesbury river in 1887. north, line opened between waratah , gosford in 1887. progress in construction of last section between hawkesbury river , gosford occurred when woy woy tunnel opened in 1887, mullet creek gosford in 1888 , hawkesbury river mullet creek in 1889 when original hawkesbury river railway bridge built.


in 1892, line duplicated strathfield hornsby, , electrified in 1926 part of bradfield electrification scheme.








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