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Yanco–Griffith Railway Line
The Yanco to Griffith railway line is a railway line in New South Wales, Australia. Together with the Junee–Yanco section of the Hay railway line, it is one of two routes to the town of Griffith, the other route being via Temora. It branches from the Hay railway line at the town of Yanco and passes through the town of Leeton before reaching Griffith. The line is open to passenger trains – two weekly NSW TrainLink passenger service operates on Wednesday returning Thursday and Saturday returning Sunday. A passenger station remains open at Leeton. See also *Rail transport in New South Wales The Australian States of Australia, state of New South Wales has an extensive network of railways, which were integral to the growth and development of the state. The vast majority of railway lines were government built and operated, but there ... Regional railway lines in New South Wales Standard-gauge railways in Australia {{NewSouthWales-rail-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeton Railway Station, New South Wales
Leeton railway station is a heritage-listed former goods yard and railway station and now bus station and railway station located on the Yanco–Griffith line at Dunn Avenue in Leeton in the Leeton Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Leeton Railway Station and yard group. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History The NSW Government's plans for the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA) Scheme, commenced with the Barren Jack Dam (Burrinjuck Dam) and Murrumbidgee Canals Construction Act 1906. Construction of the dam commenced in March 1907 with the construction of initial site facilities. Much of the work was to be undertaken by the Public Works Department, which included the construction of canals, weirs, channels and bridges. With this irrigation system in operation, the Government hoped to attract hundreds of new immigrants to a new farming region. The building of a narrow gauge rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanco
Yanco is a village in Leeton Shire in south western New South Wales, Australia. Yanco is a Wiradjuri aboriginal language word meaning ''the sound of running water''. Yanco is located from Leeton along Irrigation Way. Yanco is home to the Powerhouse Museum, McCaughey Park, Murrumbidgee Rural Studies Centre and Yanco Agricultural High School. Murrumbidgee Irrigation builds the Roach’s Surge Reservoir near Yanco, holding up to 5 million tonnes of water. Yanco North Post Office opened on 1 March 1888. It was renamed ''Yanko'' in 1892 and ''Yanco'' in 1928. Demographics At the Yanco had a population of 506. That had dropped to 432 at the . Football The town has a team in the Group 20 Rugby League competition with neighbouring village Wamoon, the Yanco-Wamoon Hawks. They are renowned for winning five successive titles from 1992 to 1996, a competition record. The club briefly merged with rivals Narrandera from 2012 to 2014 as the Bidgee Hurricanes, but the sides dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffith, New South Wales
Griffith is a major regional city in the northern Riverina region of western New South Wales, known commonly as the food bowl of Australia. It is also the seat of the City of Griffith Local government in Australia, local government area. Like the Australian capital, Canberra, and extensions to the nearby town of Leeton, New South Wales, Leeton, Griffith was designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin. Griffith was named after Arthur Hill Griffith, the then New South Wales Secretary for Public Works (New South Wales), Secretary for Public Works. Griffith was proclaimed a city in 1987, and at the had a population of 20,569. It can be accessed by road from Sydney and Canberra via the Hume Highway and the Burley Griffin Way and from Melbourne, via the Newell Highway and either by using the Kidman Way or the Irrigation Way. Griffith can be accessed from other places like Adelaide, Orange, New South Wales, Orange, and Bathurst, New South Wales, Bathurst through the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral Sea, Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. The Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory are Enclave and exclave, enclaves within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. , the population of New South Wales was over 8.3 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Almost two-thirds of the state's population, 5.3 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. The Colony of New South Wales was founded as a British penal colony in 1788. It originally comprised more than half of the Australian mainland with its Western Australia border, western boundary set at 129th meridian east in 1825. The colony then also includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hay Railway Line, New South Wales
The Hay railway line is a partly closed railway line in New South Wales, Australia. The line branches from the Main Southern railway line, New South Wales, Main South line at Junee, New South Wales, Junee, and passes in a westwards direction through the towns of Coolamon railway station, Coolamon and Narrandera railway station, Narrandera to Yanco. The first train arrived in Hay on 4 July 1882. The line beyond Yanco to Hay, New South Wales, Hay is now closed, although the section to Willbriggie, New South Wales, Willbriggie remained open for grain haulage until 2004. At Yanco, the still-open Yanco- Griffith railway line, New South Wales, Yanco to Griffith line branches off in a northwesterly direction to Griffith railway station, Griffith. Passenger services Until 1986, passenger service operated over the section of line between Junee and Yanco, New South Wales, Yanco on their way to Griffith, New South Wales, Griffith, consisting of a through train to Sydney (the ''Riverina Exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
