List of railway lines approved by the Queensland Parliament but never constructed
This is a list of the known railway proposals either formally approved by the Queensland Parliament or otherwise recorded in some formal way, that were never built.[1]
Approved by Parliament
Laura - 48 km towards Maytown, approved 1888
Croydon - 85 km towards Georgetown, approved 1895, being the amount of rail in storage at Croydon following the diversion of the line from Cloncurry. The rail was later used to construct part of the Mt Isa line to Cloncurry.
Gladstone - Callide Coalfields, approved 1900. A different line to Callide Coalfields was built in 1952 via the Callide Valley line, and connected to Gladstone in 1968 when the Moura Short Line was opened.
Miriam Vale – Glassford copper mine, approved 1900
Great Western Railway and connecting lines, approved 1910
Via Recta (Mt Edwards – Maryvale), proposed to provide a direct Brisbane – Warwick line, approved 1914
Burketown – Lawn Hill silver mine, approved 1914
Wandoan – Taroom, approved 1914
Extension of the South Western line from Dirranbandi to Boomie, approved 1914.
Extension of the Brisbane Valley railway line from Yarraman to Nanango, approved 1914
Texas – Silver spur mine, approved 1914
Glenmorgan – Surat, approved 1914
Brooloo – Kenilworth, approved 1920
Dobbyn – 80 km towards Burketown, approved 1920
Peeramon – Boonjie, approved 1920
Croydon – Georgetown, approved 1929.
Other proposals
Cooyar – Tarong, mentioned in the parliamentary approval debate concerning the Tarong line
Rosewood – Rosevale, shown on a 1925 map as ‘Approved of by Parliament’
Gatton – Mount Sylvia, shown on a 1925 map as ‘Approved of by Parliament’
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References
- ↑ Kerr, J. 'Triumph of Narrow Gauge' Boolarong Publications 1990
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