Moorook railway line

Moorook railway line
Moorook railway line
	Chute for loading bulk grain into trains at Wunkar (photographed 2015)
Overview
Status	Closed and removed
Termini	Wanbi;
Continues from	Barmera line
Service
System	South Australian Railways
History
Opened	4 September 1925
Closed	1 May 1971
Technical
Line length	49.6 km (30.8 mi)
Track gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Route map
	Moorook railway line; Red was broad gauge, blue is standard gauge
	Barmera line
	to Tailem Bend
	Loxton line
	to Loxton
	This diagram: view; talk; ;

The Moorook railway line was a 49.6 kilometres (30.8 mi) railway line on the South Australian Railways network. It ran from a junction with the Barmera line at Wanbi north to near Moorook opening on 7 September 1925. It was proposed to later extend the line to Moorook and Kingston On Murray if demand arose,^[1] but road transport improved so the railway was never extended, and the line was closed on 1 May 1971.^[2]

Route[]

The route of the line was designed to cover the gap between the Waikerie and Loxton lines at the lowest cost.^[1] The names of the new stations were , , , , Koowa, Wunkar, , Wappalka and .

References[]

^ ^a ^b "The Moorook Railway". The Chronicle. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 12 September 1925. p. 52. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
^ Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 54. ISBN 0 909650 49 7.

External links[]

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[opening-1] "The Moorook Railway". The Chronicle. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 12 September 1925. p. 52. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

[2] Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 54. ISBN 0 909650 49 7.

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