Kadina-Brinkworth railway line

Kadina-Brinkworth railway line
Overview
System South Australian Railways
Status Closed
Locale Mid North, South Australia
Termini Kadina
Brinkworth
Continues from Balaklava-Moonta line
Continues as Hamley Bridge-Gladstone line
Operation
Opened Kadina-Snowtown: 1 October 1879
Snowtown-Brinkworth: 2 July 1894
Closed Snowtown-Brinkworth: 20 February 1990
Kadina-Snowtown: 3 March 1993
Operator(s) South Australian Railways
Australian National
Technical
Line length 95.3 km (59.2 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Old gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map

Blue is standard gauge since 1982
Gladstone railway line
to Gladstone
Brinkworth
Gladstone railway line
to Balaklava
Condowie
Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line
to Crystal Brook & Port Augusta
Snowtown
Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line
to Adelaide
Barunga Gap
Bute
Mona
Willamulka
Balaklava-Moonta line
to Port Wakefield
Kadina
Balaklava-Moonta line
to Wallaroo & Moonta
[1]

The Kadina-Brinkworth railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network.

History

The first section of the line opened on 1 October 1879 from Kadina to Snowtown, branching off from the Balaklava-Moonta line. It was extended to Brinkworth on 2 July 1894 where it joined the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone line. On 1 August 1927, the line was gauge converted from 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) to 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in).[2][3]

The section from Kadina to Snowtown was converted to dual gauge on 2 December 1982 with an extra 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) rail laid following the conversion of the Adelaide-Port Augusta line. The Snowtown to Brinkworth section closed on 20 February 1990 followed by the rest of the line on 3 March 1993.[3]

References

  1. South Australia. Chief Engineer for Railways; Vaughan, A. (Alfred); South Australia. Surveyor-General's Office (1910), Map showing lines of railways in South Australia, November 1910, Surveyor General's Office, retrieved 25 February 2016
  2. Callaghan, W. H. (2002), "Horse and Steam, Wheat and Copper", Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin (January/February): 9–27, 46–63
  3. 1 2 Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 56-58. ISBN 0 909650 49 7.
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