Merriwa railway line
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The Merriwa railway line is in the Hunter Valley of Northern New South Wales, Australia. The line branches from the Main North line at Muswellbrook and travels southwest to Denman then generally northwest through Sandy Hollow to the town of Merriwa, a distance of approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi). The line was completed to Merriwa on 29 October 1917,[1] however the section north west of Sandy Hollow closed in 1988.[2]
There are 3 mines, Bengalla and Mt Pleasant, just southwest and west of Muswellbrook and Mangoola, 1/2 way to Denman with Balloon Loops of this line and a number of Passing Sidings have been built with the traffic to/from the 3 mines at Ulan near Gulgong.
The section between Muswellbrook and Sandy Hollow, combined with the Sandy Hollow – Gulgong railway line (formally known as the Sandy Hollow to Maryvale Railway Line when being constructed) forms the Australian Rail Track Corporation's Ulan line between Muswellbrook and Gulgong on the Gwabegar railway line.
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