Editing Great Dividing Range (section)

===Railways===
[[File:Katoomba scenic railway track 1.jpg|thumb|right|A number of scenic railways, such as this one at [[Scenic World]], [[Katoomba, New South Wales|Katoomba]], climb various shorter routes along the range]]
The engineers of early rail passages across the Great Dividing Range needed to find low sections of the range to cross, as well as suitable, "low" gradient paths up the mountains on either side. Rail passages include:
* [[Great Northern Railway (Mt Isa line)|Townsville-Mt Isa]]
* [[Central Western railway line|Rockhampton-Winton]]
* [[Main Line railway, Queensland|Brisbane–Toowoomba]] (1867) (2.0% gradient)
* [[Main Northern railway line|Newcastle–Tamworth]] (c 1870), summit at [[Ardglen Tunnel]] (2073' HASL)
* [[Sandy Hollow-Gulgong railway line]] started in the 1930s to Maryvale ([[Main Western railway line]]), completed the 1980s to [[Gulgong railway station|Gulgong]], summit just west of [[Ulan, New South Wales|Ulan]] – (500M / 1640') The lowest, 4th & last crossing in NSW.
* [[Main Western railway line|Sydney–Lithgow]] (1869), crossing the range via the [[Blue Mountains (New South Wales)|Blue Mountains]] (summit near [[Bell railway station, New South Wales|Bell]] 3507' HASL) (3.00% gradient)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nswrail.net/trivia/altitude.php|title=NSW Railway Altitude Highs and Lows|website=www.nswrail.net|access-date=29 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023101610/http://nswrail.net/trivia/altitude.php|archive-date=23 October 2017}}</ref>
* [[Main Southern railway line|Sydney–Goulburn]] (1869), though the divide is actually a few kilometres further west near the crossing with Parkesbourne Road near [[Cullerin railway station|Cullerin]]. The next 300&nbsp;km descending to [[Wagga Wagga railway station|Wagga Wagga]] was originally fast, but regrading in the 1920s introduced many curves.
* [[North East railway line|Melbourne–Seymour]], crossing the range near [[Heathcote Junction railway station|Heathcote Junction]] (1872) (2.08% gradient)
* [[Deniliquin railway line|Melbourne–Bendigo]], crossing the range near [[Woodend, Victoria|Woodend]] (1862) (1093' HASL)
* [[Serviceton railway line|Melbourne–Ararat]] (1875) via [[Ballarat]]