Tarong railway line

Tarong railway line
Overview
Status	Dismantled
Termini	Kingaroy,Queensland Tarong, Queensland (Near Maidenwell, Queensland)
Operation
Opened	5 December 1915 (1915-12-05)
Closed	1961
Operator(s)	Queensland Rail
Technical
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)

Tarong Branch route map

Legend

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KingaroyTo Theebine (left)

To Nanango (right)

Taabinga Village

Boonenne

Goodger

Archookoora

Brooklands

Tarong

Tarong Branch Railway. Plans for this thirty kilometre branch line in south-east Queensland, Australia were approved on 12 December 1911 together with an undertaking to extend it further south to Cooyar.^[1] Opened on 15 December 1915, the line passed through sidings at Taabinga Village, Boonenne, Goodger, Archookoora and Brooklands.

A mixed train ran thrice weekly but on 1 July 1961 the line suffered the same fate as the Windera branch with the promised link to Cooyar never materialising.

References

↑ Kerr, J. 'Triumph of Narrow Gauge' Boolarong Press 1990

"Triumph of Narrow Gauge: A History of Queensland Railways" by John Kerr 1990 Boolarong Press, Brisbane

External links

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1925 map of the Queensland railway system

Railway lines in Queensland

Main lines

Main Line Western Line Southern Line South Western Line North Coast Line Central West Line Mt Isa Line Tablelands Line List of approved, never constructed lines

Country branch lines

Operational	List of Queensland branch line locations Moura Line Blackwater railway system Cairns-to-Kuranda Goonyella Line Newlands railway system (GAP) Glenmorgan Millmerran Wandoan

Closed	List of Queensland branch line locations Amiens Beaudesert Bell Blackall and Yaraka Boonah Brisbane Valley Buderim Bulimba Canungra Biloela Thangool Lawgi Cecil Plains Cooyar Crows Nest Dajarra and Selwyn Gladstone to Monto Goomburra Great Western line proposal Haden Injune Isis Jandowae Kajabbi Kilcoy Killarney Mackay Railway and branches Marburg Mareeba to Chillagoe Maryborough to Monto Maryvale Mt Edwards Mt Perry Mulgowie Nanango Pemberton Proston Redbank-Bundamba Southport Tarong Texas Theodore Urangan Wallaville Windera Winton Wooloongabba

Proposed or under construction

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