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The first railway line built in NSW
The Sydney Railway Company started to build the first railway in NSW 22 kilometres long between Sydney and Paramatta. Due to financial issues, the profect was taken over by the NSW Colonial Government -
The first Australian railway line opened
In Victoria, 1854, the first railway line is Australia was opened between Melbourne's Flinders Street Station and Melbourne Port, previously known as Sandridge. -
The first railway line in NSW opened
The first railway line in NSW was opened in 1855 by the NSW Colonial Government. -
First railway in South Australia
First steam-powered train railway line in SA was opened in 1856 between Adeliade and Port Adelaide. -
Tasmanian railway line opened
A 72 kilometre long railway line between Launceston and Doloraine opened in Tasmania. -
The first railway to operate in Western Australia.
A private railway from Lockville to Yoganup, south of Perth, was the first to operate in Western Australia. -
The first railway in Queensland finished
Running from Ipswich inland to Grandchester to Darling Downs to Brisbane, the first railway in Queensland used the narrow 1067 millimetre gauge. -
The first government owned railway opened in SA
Between Geraldton and Northahampton, the first government railway opened in SA. -
Railway opened in Northen Territory
Between Darwin and Pine Creek, 253 kilometres, a railway in the Northern Territory became operational in 1889. -
Railway opened in ACT
A 10 kilometre railway was opened in ACT in 1914, between Queanbeyan, NSW, and Canberra.