Windera railway line

The Windera Branch Railway is a railway line from Barlil to Windera in Queensland, Australia.

Windera railway line
Overview
LocaleQueensland, Australia
TerminiBarlil
Windera
Stations5
History
Opened28 March 1925
Closed1 July 1961
Technical
Track gauge3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Windera Branch route map
0km Barlil
Warnung
Cloyna
Kitoba
Windera

History

Contemporaneously with parliamentary approval for the Murgon-to-Proston railway line came authorisation for a branch line from Barlil, the first station on the Proston line, 20 kilometres (12 mi) north to Windera in south-east Queensland, Australia.

The line opened on 28 March 1925 and passed through siding (rail)s at Warnung, Cloyna, and Kitoba. Its existence was never really justified[1] despite handling regular pig and cream traffic plus occasional livestock. The uneconomic branch closed from 1 July 1961.

References

  1. Kerr, J. 'Triumph of Narrow Gauge' Boolarong Press 1990
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