| Maryvale New South Wales | |
|---|---|
  Maryvale Location in New South Wales | |
| Coordinates | 32°28′26″S148°54′25″E / 32.47389°S 148.90694°E Coordinates: 32°28′26″S148°54′25″E / 32.47389°S 148.90694°E |
| Population | 191 (2016) [1] |
| Postcode(s) | 2820 |
| LGA(s) | Dubbo Regional Council |
| County | Gordon |
| Parish | Loombah |
| State electorate(s) | Dubbo |
| Federal Division(s) | Parkes |
Maryvale is a locality in Dubbo Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia.
Maryvale once had a station on the Main Western line and a railway was proposed between Maryvale Triangular Junction (located at 32°26′32.7″S148°53′59.7″E / 32.442417°S 148.899917°E , 3.75 kilometres (2.33 mi) north of Maryvale station) and Sandy Hollow on the Merriwa Branch Railway Line as part of a railway linking Dubbo and western New South Wales to Newcastle.
Only the Sandy Hollow–Gulgong section has been completed as part of Ulan Mine Rail Link to Newcastle, although most of the earthworks, culverts, bridge abutments and so on and Tunnel No 5 of 5 on the Sandy Hollow to Maryvale Triangular or Y Junction section(located at 32°23′04.7″S149°12′26″E / 32.384639°S 149.20722°E ) were built on the section between Gulgong and Maryvale between 1937 and 1951.
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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, however the section north west of Sandy Hollow closed in 1988.
There are 3 mines, Bengalla & Mt Pleasant, just southwest & west of Muswellbrook & Mangoola, 1/2 way to Denman with Ballon Loops of this line & a number of Passing Sidings have been built with the traffic to / from the 3 mines @ Ulan near Gulgong.
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