Nannup Branch Railway
The Nannup Branch Railway was a branch line of the Western Australian Government Railways between Wonnerup and Nannup between 1899 and 1984.
Originally the W.A. Timber Company line of 1879 was on the initial part of the line through Wonnerup, then the Wonnerup to Jarrahwood line was built in 1898–99 by the Jarrah Wood and Saw Mills Co. Ltd.
The line operated until 1903, and was bought by the WAGR in 1907.[1]
Advocacy for the extension to the railway was occurring in 1905.[2][3][4]
In 1909 the Jarrahwood to Nannup line was completed, and opened.[5] The line was closed in 1984.[6]
In 1989 a re-commissioning study was conducted.[7]
Stopping places
- Wonnerup
- Ruabon
- Tutunup
- Curtis
- Yoganup
- Maryvale
- Claymore
- Quilergup
- Jarrahwood
- Cambray
- Bibilup
- Nannup
Notes
- ↑ page 66 – Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John R; Australian Railway Historical Society. New South Wales Division (2000), Australian railway routes 1854 to 2000, Australian Railway Historical Society – New South Wales Division, ISBN 978-0-909650-49-0
- ↑ Even earlier (1900) for the first section [Petition to the Hon. the Premier from the residents of the Sussex district re the construction of the Wonnerup – Jarrahwood Railway southwards to the Lower Blackwood], [19--], 1900, retrieved 8 February 2014
- ↑ In 1905 – "THE PREMIER IN THE SUSSEX ELECTORATE.". The West Australian (Perth: National Library of Australia). 13 June 1905. p. 5. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ "THE PREMIER IN THE SUSSEX ELECTORATE.". Western Mail (Perth: National Library of Australia). 17 June 1905. p. 18. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ "THE NANNUP RAILWAY.". Western Mail (Perth: National Library of Australia). 1 May 1909. p. 28. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ McNess, Archibald E. J (2005), Original railways of the southwest (Western Australia) : Busselton – Margaret River, Flinders Bay railway construction and Busselton – Wonnerup, Nannup railway line, A.E.J. McNess, retrieved 8 February 2014
- ↑ MacFarlane, Helen (Helen Mary); Busselton (W.A. : Shire); Western Australia. South West Development Authority; Nannup (W.A. : Shire) (1989), Feasibility study into the recommissioning of the Capel-Busselton and Wonnerup-Nannup railway lines, MacFarlane Research, retrieved 8 February 2014
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