Loongana railway station

Coordinates: 30°56′46″S 127°02′17″E / 30.946°S 127.038°E / -30.946; 127.038 Not to be confused with Loongana in northern Tasmania

Loongana is a remote siding on the transcontinental railway line in the Australian state of Western Australia.

The area was formerly the site of a lime mine and processing plant.^[1] The town was dependent on the Tea and Sugar Train for the delivery of supplies until 1996 when the train was withdrawn.

The Indian Pacific train, run by Great Southern Railway, still stops here on request twice a week. The longest dead straight track extends from East of Nurina, to just East of Watson, a distance of 478 kilometres (297 mi).

References

↑ Fitzhardinge, Cris (2010), Trainee to train controller : a photographic account of a life on the railways in Western Australia 1992-2010, Midcon Publications, ISBN 978-0-646-35213-8 section of Fitzhardinge's book included details about the Lime works siding working

Preceding station		Great Southern Railway		Following station
Rawlinna towards East Perth	Indian Pacific			Cook towards Sydney

Towns in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia

Major centres	Kalgoorlie Boulder Coolgardie Esperance Hopetoun Kambalda Kambalda West Laverton Leonora Norseman Ravensthorpe

Other towns	Agnew Balagundi Balgarri Bardoc Beria Black Flag Bonnie Vale Boorara Broad Arrow Buldania Bullabulling Bulong Burbanks Burtville Callion Cascade Comet Vale Condingup Coonana Cosmo Newbery Cundeelee Dalyup Davyhurst Duketon Dundas Dunnsville Eucla Eulaminna Euro Feysville Forrest Gibson Gindalbie Golden Ridge Goongarrie Grass Patch Gudarra Gwalia Higginsville Israelite Bay Jerdacuttup Kanowna Kathleen Kintore Kookynie Kurnalpi Kunanalling Kundana Kurrajong Kurrawang Lakewood Lawlers Leinster Linden Londonderry Loongana Malcolm Menzies Mertondale Mount Burges Mount Ida Mount Margaret Mount Morgans Mulgarrie Mulwarrie Mulline Mungari Munglinup Murrin Murrin Niagara Ora Banda Princess Royal Rawlinna Salmon Gums Scaddan Sir Samuel Tampa Vivien Warburton Waverley Widgiemooltha Windanya Wingellina Woodarra Yarri Yerilla Yunndaga Yundamindera Zanthus

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