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Marree railway line
Overview
Termini
  • Marree
  • Continues fromTrans-Australian Railway
    Continues asCentral Australia Railway
    Service
    Operator(s)Commonwealth Railways
    History
    Opened27 July 1957
    Closed27 April 2016
    Technical
    Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge

    Route map

    1241 km
    Alice Springs (old)

    Alice Springs abattoir

    Alice Springs (current)

    1237 km
    Heavitree

    Macdonnell triangle

    1231 km
    Macdonnell

    1224 km
    Mount Ertwa

    end preserved track

    Ewaninga triangle

    1208 km
    Ewaninga

    1192 km
    Pohill Siding

    1175 km
    Ooraminna

    1163 km
    Deep Well

    Deep Well siding

    1141 km
    Rodinga

    Rodinga stock yards

    1125 km
    Maryvale

    1099 km
    Bundooma

    1076 km
    Engoordina

    1060 km
    Mount Squire

    1044 km
    Rumbalara

    Rumbalara stock yards

    1028 km
    Musgrave

    1014 km
    Finke (Aputula)

    1012 km
    Finke stock yards

    997 km
    Crown Point

    981 km
    Duffield

    965 km
    Wall Creek

    962 km
    Northern Territory
    South Australia
    border

    945 km
    Abminga

    Abminga sidings

    929 km
    Bloods Creek

    908 km
    Ilbunga

    895 km
    Mount Emery

    876 km
    Pedirka

    859 km
    Mt Rebecca

    841 km
    Mt Sarah (Stevenson Creek)

    825 km
    Macumba

    811 km
    Alberga

    804 km
    Wire Creek

    Wire Creek siding

    792 km
    Todmorten

    Oodnadatta sidings

    770 km
    Oodnadatta

    744 km
    North Creek

    Mount Dutton stock yards

    729 km
    Mount Dutton

    Mount Dutton triangle

    714 km
    Algebuckina

    698 km
    Peake Creek

    Warrina stock yards

    682 km
    Warrina

    Edwards Creek triangle

    666 km
    Edwards Creek

    Edwards Creek siding

    650 km
    Duff Creek (Weedina)

    632 km
    Boorthana

    616 km
    Box Creek

    600 km
    Anna Creek

    588 km
    Douglas

    574 km
    William Creek

    William Creek triangle

    554 km
    Irrappatana

    537 km
    Strangways Springs

    525 km
    Beresford

    501 km
    Coward Springs

    Coward Springs triangle

    489 km
    Margaret

    473 km
    Curdimurka (Stuarts Creek)

    453 km
    Lake Eyre

    440 km
    Bopeechee

    425 km
    Alberrie Creek

    407 km
    Wangianna

    387 km
    Callanna

    Marree gauge interchange
    Marree
    356 km

    372 km
    Marree

    359 km
    Mundownda
    Witchelina

    339 km
    Wirrawilla

    Farina triangles

    Farina
    303 km

    320 km
    Farina
    Lyndhurst
    278 km

    294 km
    Lyndhurst

    Old Mine loop
    Telford

    271 km
    Telford

    end of Leigh Creek line tracks

    Leigh Creek Coalfield

    Copley
    245 km

    262 km
    Copley
    Leigh Creek
    240 km

    Puttapa
    231 km

    247 km
    Puttapa

    Beltana

    232 km
    Beltana

    212 km
    Nilpena (Black Fellows Creek)

    Parachilna
    175 km

    195 km
    Parachilna
    Commodore
    163 km

    183 km
    Commodore
    Brachina
    153 km

    173 km
    Brachina

    163 km
    Edeowie
    Moralana
    127 km

    137 km
    Mern Merna
    Cotabena
    107 km

    124 km
    Hookina (Wonoka)
    Neuroodla
    89 km

    105 km
    Hawker

    89.6 km
    Wilson

    73.0 km
    Gordon

    57.5 km
    Willochra
    Wilkatana
    48 km

    39.8 km
    Quorn

    Quorn Pichi Richi Depot

    32.4 km
    Summit siding

    23.6 km
    Woolshed Flat

    18.2 km
    Saltia siding
    start dormant tracks

    Bungala Solar Plant

    Goods yard

    Northern Power Station

    Port Augusta Racecourse

    0 km
    Port Augusta
    Pichi Richi Depot

    The Marree railway line is located in the Australian state of South Australia.

    History[edit]

    As a result of the opening up of the Leigh Creek Coalfield in the late 1940s and capacity restrictions on the existing narrow gauge Central Australia Railway via the Flinders Ranges, Marree and Quorn, a new standard gauge line was built, opening on 17 May 1956 from Stirling North on the outskirts of Port AugustatoTelford Cut and on 27 July 1957 to Marree.[1][2][3][4] The line was extended to Marree because of the volume of cattle traffic coming off the Birdsville Track.[5]

    A 160-car coal train between Leigh Creek and Port Augusta in 1987

    As well as freight trains, the new line was served by CB railcar services and The Ghan. The CB class was pulled from service in 1976 by Australian National Railways (ANR), leaving the standard gauge Ghan and a mixed train as the only passenger rail services on the line. [6] Following the opening of a new line from TarcoolatoAlice Springs in 1980, the line became the only rail connection to Marree after the closure of the narrow gauge Central Australia Railway from Alice Springs, and The Ghan was rerouted to no longer go through Marree, leaving a mixed train as the only passenger service on the line. The mixed train was replaced with a goods only train in 1985, and the line was curtailed to its present terminus at Telford Cut on 10 June 1987.[2][3] At Stirling North the line continues to the Northern Power Station via a balloon loop.[7][failed verification] With the impending closure of the power station, the last train ran on the line on 27 April 2016.[8][needs update]

    In 2017, control of the Leigh Creek railway line was transferred from Flinders Power to the state government's Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure.[9] In March 2018, Bowmans Rail established a new intermodal rail terminal adjacent to the construction site for the Bungala Solar Power Farm about 12 km north of Port Augusta. As well as construction materials for the power station, the terminal was expected to handle about 2000 containers per year, though the terminal has not been used since completion of delivering materials to the solar power farm.[10]

    Stations[edit]

    Stations included the following: (from south to north):[7]

  • Wikatana
  • Neuroodla
  • Brachina
  • Parachilna
  • Beltana
  • Puttapa
  • Copley
  • Telford (Leigh Creek Coalfields)
  • Lyndhurst
  • Farina
  • Marree
  • References[edit]

  • ^ a b Bromby, Robin (2004). The Railway Age in Australia. South Melbourne: Thomas Lothian. p. 64. ISBN 0 734407 15 7.
  • ^ a b Newland, Andrew; Quinlan, Howard (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 67. ISBN 0-909650-49-7.
  • ^ Port Augusta to Marree Chris' Commonwealth Railways
  • ^ "Remember When" Railway Digest February 1999 page 45
  • ^ "CB class Budd Railcars". Comrails. Chris Drymalik. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  • ^ a b "NRG Leigh Creek Coalfield Line" (PDF). SA Track and Signal. Graham Vincent. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  • ^ Reid, Khama (29 April 2016). "Leigh Creek coal train completes final journey to Port Augusta ahead of power station closure". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Commission. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  • ^ "Leigh Creek Railway". Flinders Power. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  • ^ Green, Amy (15 March 2018). "Port Augusta Intermodal open for business". The Transcontinental. Retrieved 15 March 2018.

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