Kadina-Brinkworth railway line

Kadina-Brinkworth railway line
Overview
System	South Australian Railways
Status	Closed
Locale	Mid North, South Australia
Termini	Kadina Brinkworth
Continues from	Balaklava-Moonta line
Continues as	Hamley Bridge-Gladstone line
Operation
Opened	Kadina-Snowtown: 1 October 1879 Snowtown-Brinkworth: 2 July 1894
Closed	Snowtown-Brinkworth: 20 February 1990 Kadina-Snowtown: 3 March 1993
Operator(s)	South Australian Railways Australian National
Technical
Line length	95.3 km (59.2 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Old gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map Blue is standard gauge since 1982 Gladstone railway line to Gladstone Brinkworth Gladstone railway line to Balaklava Condowie Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line to Crystal Brook & Port Augusta Snowtown Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line to Adelaide Barunga Gap Bute Mona Willamulka Balaklava-Moonta line to Port Wakefield Kadina Balaklava-Moonta line to Wallaroo & Moonta [1]

The Kadina-Brinkworth railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network.

History

The first section of the line opened on 1 October 1879 from Kadina to Snowtown, branching off from the Balaklava-Moonta line. It was extended to Brinkworth on 2 July 1894 where it joined the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone line. On 1 August 1927, the line was gauge converted from 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) to 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in).^[2][3]

The section from Kadina to Snowtown was converted to dual gauge on 2 December 1982 with an extra 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) rail laid following the conversion of the Adelaide-Port Augusta line. The Snowtown to Brinkworth section closed on 20 February 1990 followed by the rest of the line on 3 March 1993.^[3]

References

1. South Australia. Chief Engineer for Railways; Vaughan, A. (Alfred); South Australia. Surveyor-General's Office (1910), Map showing lines of railways in South Australia, November 1910, Surveyor General's Office, retrieved 25 February 2016
2. Callaghan, W. H. (2002), "Horse and Steam, Wheat and Copper", Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin (January/February): 9–27, 46–63
3. Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 56-58. ISBN 0 909650 49 7.