Armidale Xplorer

Up the Great Northern to the New England tableland, reached at Armidale in 1883: a daily Xplorer climbs eight hours from Sydney through the Hunter Valley and over the Liverpool Range.

Stations

1. 0 kmArmidale Station
2. 24 kmUralla Station
3. 61 kmWalcha Road Station
4. 106 kmKootingal Station
5. 123 kmTamworth
6. 167 kmWerris Creek Station
7. Show 10 more stations

   1. 185 kmQuirindi Station
   2. 202 kmWillow Tree Station
   3. 225 kmMurrurundi Station
   4. 262 kmScone Station
   5. 276 kmAberdeen Station
   6. 288 kmMuswellbrook Station
   7. 337 kmSingleton Station
   8. 383 kmMaitland Station
   9. 413 kmBroadmeadow Station
   10. 433 kmFassifern
8. 474 kmWyong
9. 494 kmGosford
10. 540 kmHornsby
11. 562 kmStrathfield
12. 574 kmCentral

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 8406939 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 67 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 16 m from it
• The operator publishes this line's timetable: NSW TrainLink — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
• Wikipedia has an article for this line

Questions and answers

How long is the Armidale Xplorer?

The Armidale Xplorer runs 575 km from Armidale to Sydney.

How long does the Armidale Xplorer take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 8 h for the 575 km. That is an average of 72 km/h end to end.

Who runs the Armidale Xplorer?

NSW TrainLink, with Xplorer DMU.

How old is the Armidale Xplorer?

The line has been in service since 1883. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

How often does the Armidale Xplorer run?

1× daily each way.

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