Balaklava–Moonta railway line

Balaklava–Moonta railway line
Balaklava–Moonta railway line
	Moonta railway station, the original terminus of the line, 2016
Overview
Status	Closed and Removed
Locale	Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Coordinates	34°02′46.0″S 137°55′55.9″E / 34.046111°S 137.932194°E
Termini	Balaklava; Moonta;
Continues from	Hamley Bridge-Gladstone line
Service
System	South Australian Railways
Operator(s)	South Australian Railways; Australian National
History
Opened	Balaklava-Port Wakefield: 14 March 1876; Port Wakefield-Kadina: 9 October 1878; Kadina-Wallaroo: 15 January 1880; Wallaroo-Moonta: 2 November 1891
Closed	Balaklava-Paskeville: 4 April 1984; Wallaroo-Moonta: 23 July 1984; Paskeville-Kadina:14 March 1990; Kadina-Wallaroo: 3 March 1993
Technical
Line length	109.4 km (68.0 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
Route map
	Gladstone line
	to Brinkworth and Gladstone
	Gladstone line
	to Hamley Bridge and Adelaide
	Adelaide–Port Augusta line
	to Adelaide
	Adelaide–Port Augusta line
	to Port Augusta
	Brinkworth–Kadina line
	to Snowtown and Brinkworth

The Balaklava–Moonta railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network. It ran across the top of the Yorke Peninsula.