Loxton railway line

Loxton railway line
Tookayerta grain terminal at the end of the line
Overview
StatusNo trains operating
LocaleMurraylands
Coordinates34°58′15″S 140°5′30″E / 34.97083°S 140.09167°E / -34.97083; 140.09167
Termini
History
Opened2 February 1914 (1914-02-02)
Converted to standard gauge1996
Closed20 July 2015 (2015-07-20)
Technical
Line length271 km (168 mi)(Tailem Bend–Tookayerta)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge1435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Old gauge1600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Route map
km
Adelaide-Wolseley line
to Adelaide
Tailem Bend Yard
120.3
 Tailem Bend
Adelaide-Wolseley line
Pinnaroo line
169.0
 Karoonda loop
Peebinga and Waikerie lines
215.2
 Mindarie Mine
222.2
 Wanbi loop
Yinkanie line
243.6
 Alawoona loop
Barmera line
271.0
 Tookayerta Grain Terminal
 Loxton
broad gauge
standard gauge

The Loxton railway line is a closed railway line in the northern Murray Mallee region of South Australia. It ran north-east from Tailem Bend to grain silos near Loxton.

The six railway lines of the Murraylands
Order
built		LineYear
opened		Year
closed		Length
(mi)		Length
(km)
1Tailem Bend–Pinnaroo19062015[note a]86.6139.4
2Tailem Bend–Barmera1913 /
1928[note b]		1996[note c]159.5256.6
3Karoonda–Peebinga1914199066.0106.2
4Karoonda–Waikerie19141994[note d]73.8118.7
5Alawoona–Loxton19142015[note e]22.035.5
6Wanbi–Yinkanie1925197131.550.6
Total439.4707.0
Notes
  1. Previously a broad-gauge through line into Victoria, the line was closed at the border in 1996 before being converted to standard gauge in 1998.
  2. Construction of the Barmera line was paused at Paringa in 1913 pending funding of a bridge over the River Murray. The line was completed to Barmera in 1928.
    A branch line was built to support construction of the proposed Chowilla Dam in 1966–67. Some 27.3 kilometres (17.0 miles) long, it branched from the Barmera line 8 kilometres (5 miles) south of Paringa and proceeded to Murtho on the south bank of the River Murray. Construction of the dam was deferred in 1967 and subsequently cancelled; later the line was removed without being used.
  3. Paringa–Barmera closed in 1984; Alawoona–Paringa closed in 1990; Tailem Bend–Alawoona closed in 1996.
  4. Galga–Waikerie closed in 1990.
  5. Converted to standard gauge in 1996.
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