Pinnaroo railway line, Victoria

Pinnaroo railway line (Victoria)
Overview
Status	out of service
Termini	Ouyen Pinnaroo
Operation
Opened	25 June 1912
Closed	4 October 2007
Technical
Track gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Route map Legend Mildura line Change At Ouyen station Galah Walpeup Torrita Underbool Linga Boinka Tutye Cowangie Murrayville Carina Panitya State border Pinnaroo

The Pinnaroo Line serviced the agricultural districts of the Mallee for the freight of grain, although there were periods of passenger travel on the line in previous years (the last passenger service between Ouyen and Pinnaroo being in 1968).

The railway line was the means to open up the agricultural lands with the supply of goods and services from rural centres sustaining the remote area. It was completed from Ouyen to Murrayville in 1912 and extended to Pinnaroo in 1915. In 1996 The line stopped at Panitya due to gauge conversion at the state border. ^[1] It was booked out of service on 4 October 2007.^[2]

References

1. "Ouyen-Pinnaroo Railway Line" (PDF). VRHistory.
2. "Panitya Line". VICSIG. 29 December 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2015.