NSW Government Railways

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government agency state-owned railway operator

NSW Government Railways was the former state-owned agency responsible for operating and managing New South Wales’ railway network in Australia.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
State Rail Authority of New South Wales	2
New South Wales Government Railways	1
New South Wales Government Railways (historically)	1
Rail Corporation New South Wales	1
RailCorp	1
RailCorp (in later years before closure)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency ⓘ state-owned railway operator ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Sydney ⓘ
industry	public transport ⓘ railway operations ⓘ
legalForm	government department ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Australian Eastern Standard Time ⓘ
managedInfrastructure	railway rolling stock depots ⓘ railway signalling systems in New South Wales ⓘ railway stations in New South Wales ⓘ railway tracks in New South Wales ⓘ
operated	country branch lines ⓘ freight rail services ⓘ intercity rail services ⓘ passenger rail services ⓘ suburban rail services in Sydney ⓘ
operatedInCity	Sydney ⓘ
operatedInRegion	New South Wales ⓘ
operatedInSector	rail transport ⓘ
operatedServiceType	goods trains ⓘ long-distance passenger trains ⓘ regional passenger trains ⓘ suburban commuter trains ⓘ
ownedBy	Government of New South Wales ⓘ
ownedByLevelOfGovernment	state government ⓘ
ownedRollingStockType	diesel locomotives ⓘ electric locomotives ⓘ freight wagons ⓘ passenger carriages ⓘ steam locomotives ⓘ
parentOrganization	Government of New South Wales ⓘ
partOf	public transport system of New South Wales ⓘ
responsibleFor	management of New South Wales railway network ⓘ operation of railway services in New South Wales ⓘ
servedCity	Newcastle ⓘ Sydney ⓘ Wollongong ⓘ
serviceArea	New South Wales ⓘ interstate rail connections from New South Wales ⓘ
state	New South Wales ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	NSW TrainLink ⓘ Public Transport Commission ⓘ NSW Government Railways self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: RailCorp NSW Government Railways self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: State Rail Authority of New South Wales Sydney Trains ⓘ
transportMode	rail ⓘ
usedGauge	narrow gauge (on some lines) ⓘ standard gauge ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armidale to Wallangarra section → operator → NSW Government Railways ⓘ

this entity surface form: New South Wales Government Railways (historically)

Junee–Narrandera railway line → operator → NSW Government Railways ⓘ

this entity surface form: New South Wales Government Railways

Main North railway line → operator → NSW Government Railways ⓘ

State Rail Authority → replacedBy → NSW Government Railways ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rail Corporation New South Wales

NSW Government Railways → successor → NSW Government Railways self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: State Rail Authority of New South Wales

NSW Government Railways → successor → NSW Government Railways self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: RailCorp

Armidale to Wallangarra section → successorOperator → NSW Government Railways ⓘ

this entity surface form: State Rail Authority of New South Wales

Armidale to Wallangarra section → successorOperator → NSW Government Railways ⓘ

this entity surface form: RailCorp (in later years before closure)