Burns, New South Wales

Burns, New South Wales is a former small village, now comprising only two houses and a roadside café, in the Unincorporated Far West of New South Wales. It was established as the transfer point for rail freight vehicles between the Silverton Tramway and the South Australian Railways, necessitated by the New South Wales Government's refusal to allow South Australian trains to operate in its state. Cockburn, immediately over the border, was the corresponding transfer point in South Australia.

The Barrier Highway, main Sydney-to-Adelaide railway line and the now defunct Silverton Tramway, all pass within 100 metres (110 yards) of Burns.

The topography is flat and sparsely vegetated. The district has a Köppen climate classification of BWh desert.

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