Brunswick Junction to Narrogin railway line

Brunswick Junction to Narrogin railway line
The heritage listed Darkan Railway Station
Overview
StatusOpen: 53 kilometres (33 mi)
Closed: 133 kilometres (83 mi)
LocaleSouth West and Wheatbelt, Western Australia
Termini
History
Commenced1898
Opened7 October 1907 (1907-10-07)
Closed1988 (partially)
Technical
Line length186 km (116 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Brunswick Junction to Narrogin railway line
Main locations
30km
19miles
4
Narrogin
3
Bowelling
2
Collie
1
Brunswick Junction
Route map

0
Brunswick Junction
11
Beela
23
Worsley
24
Worsley East
Hamilton spur line
25
Worsley North
35
Hamilton
40
Collie
Western No. 2 spur line
54
Cardiff
56
Western No. 2
51
Ewington Junction
53
Premier
61
Muja
77
Bowelling
92
Boolading
105
Darkan
112
Hillman
122
Dardadine
130
Culbin
153
Williams
170
Geeralying
176
Dumberning
186
Narrogin

The Brunswick Junction to Narrogin railway line is a partially operational railway line in the South West and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia, connecting Brunswick Junction via Collie and Bowelling to Narrogin.

The line was 186 kilometres (116 mi) long but only the western-most 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Brunswick Junction to the Premier Coal mine are still in service. At Brunswick Junction, the railway line connects to the South Western Railway while, at Narrogin, it connected to the Great Southern Railway and Merredin to Narrogin railway line. At Bowelling, it also connected to the Wagin to Bowelling railway line. In its western section, the line also had a number of spur lines, some of which are still active.