Sulphide Street railway station

Former railway station in New South Wales, Australia

31°57′33″S 141°27′40″E / 31.9591°S 141.4610°E / -31.9591; 141.4610Owned bySilverton Tramway CompanyOperated bySilverton Tramway CompanyLine(s)Silverton Tramway
Tarrawingee TramwayConstructionStructure typeGroundOther informationStatusConverted to museumHistoryOpened2 January 1889Closed9 January 1970Rebuilt1905

Sulphide Street railway station was the terminus of the Silverton Tramway in New South Wales, Australia. It served the city of Broken Hill.

History

Sulphide Street station opened on 2 January 1889 as the terminus of the Silverton Tramway from Cockburn. In 1905, a new station building was built.[1][2] From 1891 until 1929 Sulphide Street was also served by the Tarrawingee Tramway. The station closed on 9 January 1970 when the Silverton Tramway was replaced with the standard gauge line extended to South Australia via Broken Hill station.[3][4][5][6]

The station reopened in the late 1970s as a museum.[6] Among the exhibits are Silverton Rail locomotives Y1 and W24, South Australian Railways T181 and a Silver City Comet set. The station can be seen in the cult 1971 film Wake in Fright[5][7]

References

  1. ^ The Sulphide Street Station Barrier Miner 14 June 1905
  2. ^ The New Railway Station Barrier Miner 26 August 1905
  3. ^ Sulphide Street Station NSWrail.net
  4. ^ Broken Hill Railway Precinct NSW Environment & Heritage
  5. ^ a b McNicol, Steve (1981). Silverton Tramway Locomotives. Elizabeth Downs: Railmac Publications. p. 6. ISBN 0-959415-30-0.
  6. ^ a b Roberts, Lew (1995). Rails to Wealth. Melbourne: Lew Roberts. ISBN 0-646-26587-3.
  7. ^ Sulphide Street Railway & Historical Museum Discover Broken Hill

External links

Media related to Sulphide Street station at Wikimedia Commons