page_title: Rail transport in New South Wales
section_title: Broken Hill line
hierarchical_section_title: Rail transport in New South Wales / History / Broken Hill line
caption_attribution_description: English: Silver City Comet at central Station, 1937.
context_page_description: The Australian 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 were also several private railways, some of which operate to this day.
context_section_description: A section of the current main line from Sydney to Perth and Adelaide, was built from Orange to Molong (1885), Parkes (1893), Condobolin (1898) and Trida (1919).  A separate section of standard gauge line was also opened from Menindee to Broken Hill in 1919, which met the 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge Silverton Tramway at a break-of-gauge opened in 1888.
  At Cockburn, the Silverton Tramway connected with the South Australian Railways system to Port Pirie and via a break of gauge at Terowie to Adelaide.  The final missing link between Trida and Broken Hill was completed in 1927.  In 1969 the Broken Hill – Port Pirie was standardised, completing the Sydney – Perth standard gauge link.
caption: The Silver City Comet at Central station on a test run to Moss Vale, 1937 (Hood Collection, State Library of New South Wales)
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