Kadina-Brinkworth railway line
Kadina-Brinkworth railway line | ||||||||
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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 1⁄2 in) 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||
Old gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | |||||||
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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 1⁄2 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Callaghan, W. H. (2002), "Horse and Steam, Wheat and Copper", Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin (January/February): 9–27, 46–63
- 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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