{"id":315,"date":"2018-08-22T11:23:16","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T11:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cardhacks.com.au\/wp\/?p=315"},"modified":"2019-10-09T03:19:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T03:19:10","slug":"seniors-card-travel-broken-hill-to-sydney-via-wilcannia-for-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cardhacks.com.au\/2018\/08\/22\/seniors-card-travel-broken-hill-to-sydney-via-wilcannia-for-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Seniors Card Travel: Broken Hill to Sydney via Wilcannia and Dubbo for $7.50"},"content":{"rendered":"
This Seniors Card trip can be done for $7.50 M-F and on a Sunday. It’s a long trip, a total of 19 hours from start to finish.<\/p>\n
The Saturday before you leave Broken Hill,\u00a0call NSW TrainLink on 13 22 32 and book a ticket using your Seniors card on the 03.45 bus\/train service from Broken Hill to Bathurst via Wilcannia and Dubbo. The fare will cost you $2.50. The full Broken Hill to Sydney timetable<\/a><\/p>\n While on the phone also book Bathurst to Lithgow on the NSW TrainLink coach that leaves Bathurst bound for Lithgow at 17:50.<\/p>\n This trip is divided into four sections. Bus from Broken Hill to Dubbo, train from Dubbo to Bathurst, bus from Bathurst to Lithgow and finally a train from Lithgow to Sydney. That brings the whole fare to a total of only $7.50.<\/p>\n The bus departs Broken Hill at 03.45 and makes a refreshment stop at Cobar for 30 minutes and then proceeds on to Dubbo where it arrives at 13:25. The bus terminates at the Dubbo Railway Station where you’ll alight for the train. There is an air-conditioned railway refreshment room at Dubbo Station.<\/p>\n The train departs Dubbo at 14.15 and arrives into Bathurst at 17.05. There is a buffet car on the train for refreshments.<\/p>\n The Victoria Hotel opposite Bathurst Railway Station<\/p><\/div>\n Once you arrive into Bathurst you’ve got 60 minutes before the coach departs for Lithgow at 18:15 if you’re traveling M-F from the Bathurst Railway Station. If you’re traveling on a Sunday the coach departs from the Bathurst Railway Station at\u00a0 17:50.\u00a0 Here’s the Bathurst to Lithgow timetable.<\/a><\/p>\n The coach service is shown on page 22, so just scroll down the PDF (service # 568).<\/p>\n You’ll be able to get a drink at the Victoria Hotel<\/a> opposite the station, but that’s about it. They also offer accommodation and meals.<\/p>\n The coach from Bathurst arrives at Lithgow Railway station at 18:50.<\/p>\n The Opal train service leaves Lithgow at 19.48 and arrives at Sydney Central at 22.41. Here’s the Lithgow to Sydney timetable.<\/a><\/p>\nBroken Hill to Dubbo<\/h3>\n
Dubbo to Bathurst<\/h3>\n
Bathurst to Lithgow<\/h3>\n
Lithgow to Sydney<\/h3>\n