Sulphide Street railway station

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

Sulphide Street
Station in June 2007
LocationBlende Street, Broken Hill
Coordinates31°57′33″S 141°27′40″E
Owned bySilverton Tramway Company
Operated bySilverton Tramway Company
Line(s)Silverton Tramway
Tarrawingee Tramway
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
StatusConverted to museum
History
Opened2 January 1889
Closed9 January 1970
Rebuilt1905

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.[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. McNicol, Steve (1981). Silverton Tramway Locomotives. Elizabeth Downs: Railmac Publications. p. 6. ISBN 0 959415 30 0.
  6. Roberts, Lew (1995). Rails to Wealth. Melbourne: Lew Roberts. ISBN 0 646 26587 3.
  7. Sulphide Street Railway & Historical Museum Discover Broken Hill

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