Location Welcome Street, Parkes Operated by NSW TrainLink Structure type Ground Owner RailCorp Tracks 4 | Owned by RailCorp Line(s) Broken Hill Opened 18 December 1893 Platforms in use 1 | |
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Distance 445.50 kilometres from Central Address Welcome Street, Parkes NSW 2870, Australia Similar Broken Hill railway station, Orange railway station - N, Condobolin railway station, Dubbo railway station, Menindee railway station | ||
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Parkes railway station is located on the Broken Hill line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Parkes.
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History
Parkes station opened on 18 December 1893.
Parkes is the junction point for the Broken Hill, Stockingbingal-Parkes and Parkes-Narromine lines, the latter two form a cross country route between Cootamundra on the Main South line, and Werris Creek on the Main North line. As such it has always been an important railway town, and still maintains a locomotive depot.
A railway station also served Parkes Racecourse between 1923 and 1937. In June 1999, a Y junction opened to the west of the station removing the need for trains from Broken Hill to Cootamundra to operate via the station.
Services
Parkes is served by NSW TrainLink's weekly Outback Xplorer between Sydney and Broken Hill.
Great Southern Rail's weekly Indian Pacific also calls at Parkes.
NSW TrainLink also operate road coach services to Lithgow and Condobolin.