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stations when the line was opened, the single track line prevented the expansion of services to the
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was rejected, and was said to cost about $ 35 million. In 2014, a proposal for the station costing $ 20 million was designed which included two side platforms, street access and a direct ramp to the hospital, and involve an additional minute travel time. In
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1502:North Shore
1477:City Circle
1222:Temora-Roto
1100:Operational
1072:North Coast
1047:Broken Hill
175:Track gauge
166:Line length
108:Operator(s)
1785:Categories
1619:Holsworthy
1517:South West
1492:East Hills
1413:Tumbarumba
1363:Mount Hope
1288:Brewarrina
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1057:Main North
1037:Main lines
945:The Leader
722:References
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603:Sutherland
546:Sutherland
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153:1939-12-16
71:Sutherland
37:Woolooware
1624:Kurrajong
1472:Bankstown
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1202:Pokataroo
1182:Newcastle
1142:Coonamble
671:Caringbah
566:signals.
526:Australia
393:Caringbah
215:Route map
161:Technical
1512:Richmond
1482:Cronulla
1423:Wallsend
1403:Tocumwal
1333:Inverell
1328:Holbrook
1187:Oaklands
1177:Naradhan
1172:Mungindi
1152:Gwabegar
1147:Grenfell
1132:Canberra
951:8 August
905:Archived
873:Archived
793:Archived
710:See also
656:Governor
631:View map
605:c. 1920s
599:Cronulla
581:, C, G,
444:Cronulla
438:34.81 km
413:33.60 km
388:31.51 km
363:29.51 km
338:27.94 km
318:Kirrawee
313:26.64 km
198: in
122:Mortdale
118:Depot(s)
98:Services
85:Stations
76:Cronulla
49:Overview
41:Cronulla
1761:Skitube
1644:Sandown
1467:Airport
1408:Toronto
1398:Taralga
1358:Morpeth
1348:Merriwa
1323:Eugowra
1318:Dorrigo
1293:Burcher
1283:Boorowa
1278:Belmont
1273:Barraba
1268:Ballina
1242:Walgett
1127:Bombala
1107:Berrima
589:History
368:Miranda
285:24.5 km
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93:Service
64:Termini
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1602:Closed
1428:Westby
1378:Oberon
1373:Newnes
1343:Kywong
1338:Kunama
1308:Corowa
1298:Camden
1261:Closed
1247:Warren
518:Sydney
243:Legend
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143:Opened
1418:Tumut
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1686:West
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