Parkes is a railway station on the Broken Hill railway line in the western New South Wales city of Parkes, Australia. The station opened in 1893 [1] and is served by the Indian Pacific and Outback Explorer passenger trains. Parkes is also the junction point of the Stockinbingal- Parkes railway and the Parkes- Narromine railway line which form a cross country route between Cootamundra on the Main South line and Werris Creek on the Main North line[2]. A railway station also served Parkes Racecourse between 1923 and 1937.[3]
| Preceding station | NSW Main lines | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Brolgan
towards Broken Hill
|
Broken Hill Line |
Mugincoble
towards Orange
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| Preceding station | NSW Branch lines | Following station | ||
|
Tichborne
towards Stockinbingal
|
Stockinbingal- Parkes Line | Terminus | ||
| Terminus | Parkes- Narromine Line |
Nanardine
towards Narromine
|
||
| Preceding station | CountryLink | Following station | ||
|
towards Broken Hill
|
CountryLink Western
Broken Hill Outback Xplorer
|
towards Sydney
|
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| Preceding station | Great Southern Railway | Following station | ||
|
towards East Perth
|
Indian Pacific |
towards Sydney
|
||
References
- ^ Parkes station, NSWrail.net, accessed 11 August 2009.
- ^ Clark, L.A. New South Wales Cross-Country Lines - Narromine-Cootamundra Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, July, 1953 pp85-88
- ^ parkes racecourse station. NSWrail.net, accessed 11 August 2009.
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