Goonyella railway line

Goonyella Line, Queensland
QR electric loco 3136 (in Bicentennial paint scheme) on the Goonyella line
Overview
Type	Heavy Rail (Coal Freight)
Locale	Queensland, Australia
Termini	Hay Point North Goonyella Mine
Website	http://www.aurizon.com.au/
Operation
Opening	1971
Owner	Aurizon
Operator(s)	Aurizon
Depot(s)	Jilalan
Technical
Line length	477 km (296 mi)
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC OHLE
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)[1]
Route map Goonyella Line Legend 0km Hay Point 0 Dalrymple Bay 20 Jilalan 22 Cane Tramway 22 North Coast Line to north 28 Yukan 29 Yukan 29 North Coast Line to south 32 Bruce Hwy 46 Black Mtn 211m 49 Hatfield 100 Waitara 109 Peak Downs Hwy 119 Mindi 127 South Walker Mine and Hail Creek Mine 137 Macarthur Coal 144 Coppabella 0 Oaky Creek branch 2 Peak Downs Hwy 8 Moorvale 16 Millenium 46 Peak Downs 248m 47 Peak Downs 68 Saraji Mine Lake Vermont 89 Dysart 111 Norwich Park Mine 134 German Creek Mine 152 Oaky Creek Mine to Gregory and Central West System 157 Broadlea 160 Carborough Downs 168 Burton Coal 169 Mallawa 170 Isaac Plains 174 Wotonga 0 Blair Athol branch 7 Isaac River 18 Moranbah 39 Villafranca 60 Mt McLaren 86 Blackridge 359m 103 to Clermont and Central West System 108 Blair Athol Mine 191 Isaac River 192 Moranbah North 198 Goonyella Mine 203 Riverside Mine 212 Future Newlands - Goonyella Link 214 North Goonyella 310m 217 North Goonyella Mine Distance in km. Distance shown from beginning of branch line.

The Goonyella railway system is located in Central Queensland, Australia. It services the coal mining area of the Bowen Basin, carrying coal to the Hay Point and Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminals 20 km southeast of Mackay, as well as products to other destinations by way of connections to the North Coast Line at Yukan and the Central Line at Burngrove via the Gregory coal mine branch. It is also connected to the coal loading terminal at Abbot Point (20 km northwest of Bowen) by the GAP line.

The Goonyella system is narrow gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) and electrified using 25 kV 50 Hz. The line has been duplicated from Hay Point to Wotonga (174km) and features CTC signalling over the entire system.

Mines

The Goonyella Coal Chain services 24 mines, carrying coal from BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, Anglo Coal, Macarthur Coal, Peabody Energy Australia, Xstrata and ANCI. The system currently operates under a demand-pull model, with rail haulages being designated by the ports, and the shipping stem. ^[2]

The rail line transports coal from Gregory Mine, Oaky Creek coal mine, German Creek coal mine, Foxleigh coal mine, Norwich Park coal mine, Lake Vermont Mine, Saraji coal mine, Peak Downs Mine, Millennium Mine, Poitrel Mine, Moorvale Mine, Burton Downs Mine, Carborough Downs Mine, Issac Plains Mine, Moranbah North coal mine, Goonyella Riverside Mine, Hail Creek coal mine, Clermont Mine, Riverside Mine, North Goonyella coal mine, South Walker Creek coal mine, and Blair Athol coal mine.

QR loco 1740 hauls a special train through a coal loading facility, Goonyella line

See also

• Rail transport in Queensland

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Goonyella railway line.

• Map of North Queensland Rail Coal Network
• 1925 map of the Queensland railway system
• Aurizon website

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