| Silverton Tramway | |
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 A defunct goods platform and shed on the line in 2008 | |
| Overview | |
| Termini | |
| Continues from | Crystal Brook-Cockburn line |
| Stations | 6 |
| Service | |
| Operator(s) | Silverton Tramway Company |
| History | |
| Opened | 12 January 1888 |
| Closed | 9 January 1970 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 58 km (36 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
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The Silverton Tramway was a 58-kilometre-long 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) railway line running from Cockburn on the South Australian state border to Broken Hill in New South Wales. Operating between 1888 and 1970, it served the mines in Broken Hill, and formed the link between the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge New South Wales Government Railways and the narrow gauge South Australian Railways lines. It was owned and operated by the Silverton Tramway Company (STC).
The Silverton Tramway was one of only two privately-owned railways in New South Wales, originally founded to transport ore from local mines in the Broken Hill and Silverton region into South Australia. The company soon branched out, not only carrying ore from the mines but freighted other goods and offered a passenger service which eventually accounted for a third of their business.[1] From 1888 to 1970 it was critical to the economic functioning of Broken Hill, by providing the key transport of ore to the Port Pirie smelters. It played a significant role in the politics and recreation of Broken Hill, and a crucial role at times of water shortage in Broken Hill.[1][2][3]
- ^ a b "1915 Picnic Train Attack and White Rocks Reserve". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H02002. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
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- ^ Lew Roberts (1995). Rails to wealth: a history of the Silverton Tramway Company Limited, Broken Hill's railway service. Melbourne: L.E. Roberts. ISBN 978-0-646-26587-2.
- ^ Lew Roberts (2015), 'Rails to Wealth', Australian Railway History, Vol. 66, January 2015.
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