Parkes railway station

Parkes railway station is a heritage-listed former locomotive depot and railway station and now locomotive roundhouse and railway station located on the Broken Hill line in May Street, Parkes in New South Wales, Australia.

Photo: Amanda Slater, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Railway station
Description: railway station in Parkes LGA, New South Wales, Australia
Also known as: “Parkes Railway Station” and “Parkes Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parkes High School and Memorial Hill Lookout.

Parkes High School

School

Parkes High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Parkes, in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. Parkes High School is situated 750 metres northeast of Parkes railway station.

Memorial Hill Lookout

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY 3.0.

Memorial Hill Lookout is a scenic viewpoint.

Kelly Reserve

Park

Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY 3.0.

Kelly Reserve is a park, which is situated 2 km north of Parkes railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parkes.

Parkes

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Parkes is a town and service centre in Central West NSW. Its main claim to fame has traditionally been the large radio telescope located just outside the town.

Parkes railway station

Categories: station located on surface, station, and transportation
Location: Parkes Shire, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-33.14222° or 33° 8′ 32″ south

Longitude

148.17331° or 148° 10′ 24″ east

Operator

NSW TrainLink

Network

NSW TrainLink

Open location code

4RRCV55F+48

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1783154144

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

Wikidata ID

Q7138450

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Satellite Map

Discover Parkes railway station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Dutch to German—“Parkes railway station” goes by many names.

Dutch: “station Parkes”
French: “Parkes”
German: “Bahnhof Parkes”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Parkes Station and Fisher Reserve.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Parkes Station, Platform 1 and Parkes Station, Coach Stop.

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