Tabletop, New South Wales
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Tabletop is a small village in the state of New South Wales
, Australia
. It serves a rural community. It is located on the Main South railway line between Sydney and Melbourne, and lies on the Olympic Way
.
and Tabletop will be duplicated. The duplicated line will be about 14 km long and will allow for so-called running crosses, where trains in opposing directions need not slow down or stop, and where flights of trains can also pass each other. Due to cost considerations, the length of the passing lanes were reduced to about 6.5 km.
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It serves a rural community. It is located on the Main South railway line between Sydney and Melbourne, and lies on the Olympic Way
Olympic Way
Olympic Highway is a New South Wales trunk road that links Cowra and Albury at a distance of 318 kilometres. It is designated National Route 41 and was formerly known simply as the Olympic Way...
.
Railway
The railway has a crossing loop at Tabletop. Under the Auslink plan, the line between the previous station to the north at GerogeryGerogery, New South Wales
Gerogery is a small village in Greater Hume Shire Council in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Gerogery serves a rural farming community. The village is located on the Main South railway line between Sydney and Melbourne, where it intersects with the Olympic Way. At the 2006 census,...
and Tabletop will be duplicated. The duplicated line will be about 14 km long and will allow for so-called running crosses, where trains in opposing directions need not slow down or stop, and where flights of trains can also pass each other. Due to cost considerations, the length of the passing lanes were reduced to about 6.5 km.