Moorook railway line

Moorook railway line
Chute for loading bulk grain into trains at Wunkar (photographed 2015)
Overview
System	South Australian Railways
Status	Closed and removed
Termini	Wanbi Yinkanie
Continues from	Barmera line
Operation
Opened	4 September 1925
Closed	1 May 1971
Technical
Line length	49.6 km (30.8 mi)
Track gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Route map Moorook railway line Red was broad gauge, blue is standard gauge Yinkanie Wappilka Myrla Wunkar Koowa Tuscan Bayah Caliph Gluyas Wanbi Barmera line to Tailem Bend Loxton line to Loxton

The Moorook railway line was a 49.6 kilometres (30.8 mi) railway line on the South Australian Railways network. It ran from a junction with the Bamera line at Wanbi north to Yinkanie near Moorook opening on 7 September 1925. It was proposed to later extend the line to Moorook and Kingston On Murray if demand arose,^[1] but road transport improved so the railway was never extended, and the line was closed on 1 May 1971.^[2]

Route

The route of the line was designed to cover the gap between the Waikerie and Loxton lines at the lowest cost.^[1] The names of the new stations were Gluyas, Caliph, Bayah, Tuscan, Koowa, Wunkar, Myrla, Wappalka and Yankanie.^[1] (Sources are inconsistent on whether the terminus was spelled Yankanie or Yinkanie.)

References

1. "The Moorook Railway". The Chronicle (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 12 September 1925. p. 52. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
2. Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 54. ISBN 0 909650 49 7.

External links

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