Trida is a locality in Central Darling Shire

Central Darling Shire

Central Darling Shire is a Local Government Area in the Far West of New South Wales, Australia on the Barrier Highway. Central Darling Shire was constituted in 1959 and it is the largest Local Government Area in New South Wales.-Incomes:...

 in the Far West region of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

Australia

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Village

Records show that a Hotel existed at Trida with the license being established in 1889 by an Alexander Pearce. The Hotel known simply as the Trida Hotel.

The remains of a small one room school were visible until recent times and a post office with telephone switchboard also once operated adjacent to the railway platform.

Railway

Trida was the terminus of the Broken Hill line

Broken Hill railway line, New South Wales

The Broken Hill railway line is now part of the transcontinental railway from Sydney to Perth.New South Wales's first line opened from Sydney to Parramatta Junction in 1855 and was extended as the Main Western line in stages to Orange in 1877. The Broken Hill line branched off the Main Western...

 between 10 February 1919 and 19 August 1925, from 1925 the line was completed between Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

 and Broken Hill

Broken Hill, New South Wales

-Geology:Broken Hill's massive orebody, which formed about 1,800 million years ago, has proved to be among the world's largest silver-lead-zinc mineral deposits. The orebody is shaped like a boomerang plunging into the earth at its ends and outcropping in the centre. The protruding tip of the...

. The station platform at Trida was opened on 10 February 1919 and is now closed (date of closure unknown). Trida remains a train crossing location where two trains can meet and pass one another on a 1,800 metre long section of double railway track, 750 rail kilometres from Sydney. Trida crossing loop is between the adjacent crossing locations of Matakana and Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe, New South Wales

Ivanhoe is a small township on the Cobb Highway between the Lachlan and Darling rivers in New South Wales, Australia.  It is located within the Central Darling Shire local government area.  Ivanhoe functions as a service centre for the surrounding area.  The township is...

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Road access

Two road pass through Trida, both are narrow unsealed dry weather only gravel roads. The Roto

Roto, New South Wales

Roto is a small settlement situated in the far-west of New South Wales, Australia. It lies at the junction of the Broken Hill railway line and the partly closed branchline to Temora via Griffith...

 to Ivanhoe road passes parallel (east-west) to the adjacent railway mainline. The Trida to Hillston

Hillston, New South Wales

Hillston is a township in western New South Wales, Australia, in Carrathool Shire, built on the banks of the Lachlan River. It was founded in 1863 and at the 2006 census had a population of 1,054.-History:...

road intersects the previously mentioned Roto to Ivanhoe Road, crosses the railway line and travels south to Hillston.

Climate

The Bureau of Meteorology classify this climatic zone as the Hot Dry Zone (with cooler winters). Places in this zone can be very hot in the summer months while in the winter, nights can be very cold.