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Murrays was founded by Bill Murray in the early 1950s as a school bus operator in Canberra. The operation was taken over by Ron Murray in 1970 by which time it was operating services to Captains Flat, Kowen Forest, Naas, Tidbinbilla, Uriarra and Williamsdale with 10 buses. Murrays were operating seven school buses when the services were taken ...
The Canberra line, an 8 km (5.0 mi) branch line from Queanbeyan to Canberra, was opened in 1914. [126] A 34 km (21 mi) branch line from Bungendore to Captains Flat was opened in 1940 and closed in 1969, a few years after the closure of the local mines. [127] The Crookwell line opened from Goulburn to Crookwell in 1902; it closed in 1985. [128]
Michael A. Murray (born 17 January 1962) is an Australian former international rugby union player. Raised in Sydney, Murray picked up rugby union at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill , where he won their award as the best forward in both 1979 and 1980, playing as a lock.
An Xplorer on the current, non-HSR Sydney-Canberra service. In 1993, the Speedrail Consortium (a joint venture between Alstom and Leighton Contractors) made a proposal for a high-speed rail link between Sydney and Canberra. It was initially going to cost A$2.4 billion ($4.1 billion in 2013).
t. e. NSW TrainLink is a train and coach operator in Australia, providing services throughout New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, along with limited interstate services into Victoria, Queensland and South Australia. Its primary intercity and regional services are spread throughout five major rail lines, operating out of Sydney ...
Floriade is a flower and entertainment festival held annually in Canberra 's Commonwealth Park on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin. [ 4] It features extensive displays of flowering bulbs with integrated sculptures and other artistic features. Floriade comes from the Latin word floriat, which means to design with flowers.
Some stations are also served by NSW TrainLink XPT and Xplorer services from Sydney to Canberra, Griffith and Melbourne. Up until the mid-1990s, most services on the line operated through to Sydney Central. Named trains that operated on the line included the Goulburn Day Train and Southern Highlands Express.
Collector is a small village on the Federal Highway in New South Wales, Australia halfway between Goulburn and the Australian Capital Territory. [2] It is seven kilometres north of Lake George. The name is also applied to the surrounding area, for postal and statistical purposes. At the 2021 census, Collector and the surrounding district had a ...