Mount Gambier–Heywood railway line

Mount Gambier-Heywood railway line
Mt Gambier-Heywood rail ticket 1979
Overview
StatusClosed, Dormant
LocaleLimestone Coast, South Australia
Barwon South West, Victoria
Termini
Continues fromMount Gambier–Wolseley line
Continues asPortland line
Service
SystemSouth Australian Railways
Victorian Railways
Operator(s)Victorian Railways
History
OpenedHeywoodDartmoor: 22 June 1916
Dartmoor–state border: 28 November 1917
State border–Mount Gambier: 28 November 1917
Closed11 April 1995
Technical
Line length90.8 km (56.4 mi)
Track gauge1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Route map

Continued as Mount Gambier railway line
Mount Gambier
severed 2015
Murrawa
Glenburnie
Kromelite
Rennick
Malanganee
Puralka
Marp
Dartmoor
Winnap
Greenwald
Lyons
Drumborg
Heywood
to Portland

Mount Gambier–Heywood railway line is a 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) line located in Australia which operated from 27 November 1917 to 11 April 1995 between Mount Gambier in the state of South Australia and Heywood in the state of Victoria. It is one of two railway lines built by both state governments following an agreement in 1912 to connect to each other's railway networks. There has been calls for standardisation over the past two decades from Heywood to Wolseley since the Melbourne to Adelaide line was converted in 1995.