Broken Hill railway station

Broken Hill
Westbound view in August 2009
Location	Silver City Highway, Broken Hill
Coordinates	31°57′37″S 141°28′00″E / 31.9603°S 141.4667°E / -31.9603; 141.4667
Owned by	RailCorp
Operated by	NSW TrainLink
Line(s)	Broken Hill Crystal Brook-Broken Hill
Distance	1124.80 kilometres from Central
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	BHQ
History
Opened	15 July 1919
Rebuilt	4 June 1957
Services
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station Terminus NSW TrainLink Western Broken Hill Outback Xplorer Menindee towards Sydney Preceding station   Great Southern Railway   Following station Peterborough towards East Perth Indian Pacific Menindee towards Sydney

Broken Hill railway station is located on the Broken Hill line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the city of Broken Hill.

Broken Hill station opened on 15 July 1919 when the line opened to Menindee. Until extended further east in 1927, the section was not connected to the rest of the New South Wales Government Railways network.

Broken Hill had had a railway since 1888, with the Silverton Tramway connecting the city to Cockburn and Adelaide via Sulphide Street station. Broken Hill developed into an important with the mines having provided a regular source of traffic.

Broken Hill was the border station between New South Wales and South Australia, with interstate trains changing locomotives up until the 1990s in the era of state owned railway networks.

Until its cessation in November 1989, Broken Hill was the terminus for the Silver City Comet from Orange. It was also the terminus for Australian National's Silver City Limited from Adelaide from December 1986 until 1990.

Today, Broken Hill is served by NSW TrainLink's weekly Outback Xplorer to and from Sydney. NSW TrainLink also operate a daily road coach service to Dubbo.