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NSW Railway 30 Shortest Lived Sections
The following table lists the shortest-lived sections of line in NSW. Note that it doesn't include some major deviations.| Line | Section | Opened | Closed | Lifetime | length |
| Canberra Branch | Jct (Canberra) to Canberra (Civic) | 15-Aug-1921 | 27-Jul-1922 | 0y 11m | ? km |
| Stanford Merthyr Branch | Stanford Merthyr to Pelaw Main | Jan-1902 | 1905 | 3y 0m | ? km |
| Mount Hope Branch | Matakana to Mount Hope | 10-Feb-1919 | 6-Jul-1924 | 5y 5m | 16.9 km |
| Waratah Colliery Branch | Scholey Street Junction to Waratah Colliery | 1863 | 1870s | 7y 0m | ? km |
| Rogans Hill Branch | Castle Hill (1st) to Rogans Hill | 24-Nov-1924 | 31-Jan-1932 | 7y 2m | 1.3 km |
| Tottenham Branch | Albert to Iron Duke Mine | 31-Oct-1918 | 18-Jun-1926 | 7y 8m | 4.5 km |
| Tottenham Branch | Caroline Junction to Caroline Mine | 18-Sep-1918 | 18-Jun-1926 | 7y 9m | ? km |
| Box Vale Colliery Branch | Jct (Box Vale Colliery Line) to Box Vale Colliery | 1888 | 1896 | 8y 0m | ? km |
| Aberdare South Railway | Aberdare South Junction to Aberdare South Colliery | 30-Aug-1918 | 1927 | 8y 5m | ? km |
| Rogans Hill Branch | Westmead Junction to Castle Hill (1st) | 28-Jan-1923 | 31-Jan-1932 | 9y 0m | ? km |
| Main Western Line | Newnes Junction (1st) to Clarence (1st) | 11-Apr-1897 | 16-Oct-1910 | 13y 6m | ? km |
| Cobar Branch | Cobar to CSA Mine | 7-Jan-1918 | 10-Sep-1931 | 13y 8m | 11.9 km |
| Ballina Branch | Booyong Junction to Ballina | 25-Aug-1930 | 11-Jun-1948 | 17y 10m | 20.6 km |
| Widemere Quarry Line | Fairfield to Widemere Quarry | 26-Oct-1925 | 2-Jun-1945 | 19y 8m | ? km |
| Goondah - Burrinjuck Line | Goondah (1st) to Terminus | 2-Jun-1908 | 1-May-1929 | 20y 11m | ? km |
| Main North Line | Jct (Start Boronia No 5 deviation) to Jct (End Boronia No 5 deviation) | 7-Apr-1887 | 27-Jun-1909 | 22y 2m | ? km |
| Tottenham Branch | Tottenham to Mount Royal Smelters | 18-Sep-1918 | 22-Jan-1941 | 22y 4m | 0.6 km |
| Main South Line | Jct (Start Morrisons Hill deviation) to Jindalee | 1-Nov-1877 | 5-Aug-1900 | 22y 9m | ? km |
| Newnes Line | Newnes Junction (1st) to Newnes Oil Works | 27-Dec-1907 | 1-Jan-1932 | 24y 1m | ? km |
| Mittagong - Joadja Line | Mittagong Terminus to Joadja DE | 1-Jan-1880 | 9-Apr-1904 | 24y 3m | ? km |
| South Coast Line | South Waterfall Temporary Junction to Helensburgh Temporary Junction | 3-Oct-1888 | 26-Jan-1914 | 25y 3m | ? km |
| Richmond Line | Nepean Sand and Gravel to Kurrajong | 8-Nov-1926 | 26-Jul-1952 | 25y 8m | ? km |
| Westby Branch | Mangoplah to Westby | 5-Aug-1925 | 24-Jan-1952 | 26y 5m | 23.9 km |
| Cadia Mine Branch | Spring Hill to Cadia Mine | 17-Feb-1919 | Jun-1928 | 26y 6m | ? km |
| South Coast Line | Helensburgh Temporary Junction to Otford | 3-Oct-1888 | 30-May-1915 | 26y 7m | ? km |
| Richmond Line | Richmond to Nepean Sand and Gravel | 18-Apr-1925 | 26-Jul-1952 | 27y 3m | ? km |
| Main Western Line | Jct (Dargans Deviation) to Clarence (1st) | 18-Oct-1869 | 11-Apr-1897 | 27y 6m | ? km |
| Richmond Vale Railway | Minmi Open Cut to Minmi Platform | Jun-1905 | 1934 | 28y 7m | 0.9 km |
| Captains Flat Branch | Bungendore Junction to Captains Flat | 17-Jun-1940 | 31-Aug-1968 | 29y 2m | 33.4 km |
| Bullock Island Branch | Albert Street to Bullock Island | 2-Apr-1878 | 12-Feb-1908 | 29y 10m | ? km |