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1533:Inland Rail
1474:Ropes Creek
1469:Rogans Hill
1454:Carlingford
1366:Goods lines
1342:North Shore
1317:City Circle
1062:Temora-Roto
940:Operational
912:North Coast
887:Broken Hill
350:In 2019, a
310:CountryLink
306:electrified
241:Port Botany
190:Port Botany
142:Line length
1625:Categories
1459:Holsworthy
1357:South West
1332:East Hills
1253:Tumbarumba
1203:Mount Hope
1128:Brewarrina
962:Boggabilla
897:Main North
877:Main lines
682:21 January
627:28 October
537:April 2006
458:References
330:Cabramatta
1464:Kurrajong
1312:Bankstown
1153:Crookwell
1067:Tottenham
1042:Pokataroo
1022:Newcastle
982:Coonamble
451:Melbourne
334:utilities
302:Ingleburn
232:network.
226:Glenfield
214:Macarthur
194:Macarthur
137:Technical
130:Macarthur
65:Macarthur
1352:Richmond
1322:Cronulla
1263:Wallsend
1243:Tocumwal
1173:Inverell
1168:Holbrook
1027:Oaklands
1017:Naradhan
1012:Mungindi
992:Gwabegar
987:Grenfell
972:Canberra
760:Archived
736:Archived
720:ABC News
700:Archived
676:Archived
594:Archived
498:Archived
479:Archived
409:See also
382:Services
358:opened.
345:RailCorp
210:Chullora
60:Chullora
38:Overview
1601:Skitube
1484:Sandown
1307:Airport
1248:Toronto
1238:Taralga
1198:Morpeth
1188:Merriwa
1163:Eugowra
1158:Dorrigo
1133:Burcher
1123:Boorowa
1118:Belmont
1113:Barraba
1108:Ballina
1082:Walgett
967:Bombala
947:Berrima
376:Leumeah
354:to the
255:History
97:History
92:Freight
84:Service
74:Website
53:Termini
1449:Camden
1442:Closed
1268:Westby
1218:Oberon
1213:Newnes
1183:Kywong
1178:Kunama
1148:Corowa
1138:Camden
1101:Closed
1087:Warren
401:Future
368:Casula
326:Sefton
280:Sefton
182:Sydney
132:opened
120:opened
102:Opened
1258:Tumut
977:Cobar
621:(PDF)
614:(PDF)
395:Minto
372:Minto
239:from
204:Route
43:Owner
1526:West
1223:Rand
684:2013
629:2011
370:and
328:and
224:and
192:and
176:The
89:Type
997:Hay
391:XPT
341:BHP
212:to
116:to
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466:^
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274:A
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