Sulphide Street railway station was the terminus of the

Silverton Tramway The Silverton Tramway was a 58-kilometre-long 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 lin ...

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, Australia. It served the city of Broken Hill.

History

Sulphide Street station opened on 2 January 1889 as the terminus of the

from Cockburn. In 1905, a new station building was built. 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 South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

via Broken Hill station. The station reopened in the late 1970s as a museum. Among the exhibits are Silverton Rail locomotives Y1 and W24, South Australian Railways T181 and a

Silver City Comet The Silver City Comet was a train service that operated from September 1937 until November 1989 between Parkes and Broken Hill in western New South Wales. It was the first air-conditioned train in Australia. Design The original engines were b ...

set. The station can be seen in the cult 1971 film Wake in Fright
Sulphide Street Railway & Historical Museum
Discover Broken Hill

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