Pinnaroo railway line, South Australia

Pinnaroo railway line, South Australia
Pinnaroo railway line, South Australia
	The Pinnaroo railway line at the former station of Peake
Overview
Status	Open, disused
Owner	Aurizon
Locale	Murraylands
Coordinates	35°23′S 140°8′E / 35.383°S 140.133°E
Termini	Tailem Bend; Pinnaroo;
Service
Operator(s)	South Australian Railways to 1978; Australian National Railways Commission from 1978
History
Opened	14 September 1906
Closed	31 July 2015
Technical
Line length	145.3 km (90.3 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Old gauge	1600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Route map
Route map
South Australia
	Adelaide-Wolseley line
	to Adelaide
	Adelaide-Wolseley line to Wolseley
	& Western SG line to Melbourne
	South Australia
	Victoria
	state
	border
	Pinnaroo line
	to Ouyen & Mildura line

The Pinnaroo railway line is a closed, but as of 2024 intact, railway line in South Australia. It branches off the Adelaide-Wolseley line at Tailem Bend and extends 145.3 kilometres (90.3 miles) to the Victorian state border, 6.0 kilometres (3.7 miles) beyond Pinnaroo.

Order built	Line	Year opened	Year closed	Length (mi)	Length (km)
The six railway lines of the Murraylands
1	Tailem Bend–Pinnaroo	1906	2015^[note a]	86.6	139.4
2	Tailem Bend–Barmera	1913 / 1928^[note b]	1996^[note c]	159.5	256.6
3	Karoonda–Peebinga	1914	1990	66.0	106.2
4	Karoonda–Waikerie	1914	1994^[note d]	73.8	118.7
5	Alawoona–Loxton	1914	2015^[note e]	22.0	35.5
6	Wanbi–Yinkanie	1925	1971	31.5	50.6
Total				439.4	707.0
Notes 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. 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. Paringa–Barmera closed in 1984; Alawoona–Paringa closed in 1990; Tailem Bend–Alawoona closed in 1996. Galga–Waikerie closed in 1990. Converted to standard gauge in 1996.