Hawkesbury People and Places
Blacktown-Richmond Railway Line
Reference: p 3, 4
1856 - Petition from residents of Windsor and Richmond presented to government, 1860 - grant of £57,000 approved for construction of a railway line from Blacktown to Windsor, 1861 - grant increased to £60,000 for a railway from Blacktown to Richmond, 1864 line opened, 1893 - first through train service to Sydney, 1975 - line electrified from Blacktown to Riverstone, 1991 - line electrified from Riverstone to Richmond
Reference: 11 January 1902, p 3
‘Speaking on the question of an improved railway service on the Richmond line at the conference meeting in conjunction with the Hawkesbury District Progress Association on Monday evening last, Dr Watson stated that from the information received, the Richmond line was returning £50 less per year than it was before the fares were reduced’.
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