Sydney to Broken Hill train: Fare costs, timetable and stops

The Sydney to Broken Hill train leaves once a week and takes more than 13-and-a-half hours. Fares cost from $99.60.

The Sydney to Broken Hill train connects the New South Wales capital to perhaps Australia’s most quintessential outback town.

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Most visitors to Broken Hill will drive or fly in, but the train to Broken Hill remains a just-about feasible option. You’ll have to be determined and plan carefully, however, as there’s only one service every week.

Most public transport options from Sydney to Broken Hill involve a train to Dubbo, then transferring to a coach service for the remainder of the journey. But on Mondays, there’s a direct train to Broken Hill – a token service that exists through sheer bloody-mindedness as much as anything else.

Sydney to Broken Hill train timetable

The weekly Sydney to Broken Hill train is run by NSW TrainLink. It departs every Monday morning at 06.18.

It then reaches Broken Hill at 19.10. But given that Broken Hill is on Central Standard Time while Sydney is on Eastern Standard Time, that’s effectively 19.40.

The Sydney to Broken Hill train journey takes 13 hours and 32 minutes.

Coming back, the only Broken Hill to Sydney train of the week leaves on Tuesday mornings. It departs at 07.45 Central Standard Standard Time, or 08.15 Eastern Standard Time. And it arrives in Sydney at 21.38.

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