Kadina-Brinkworth railway line

Kadina-Brinkworth railway line
Overview
System	South Australian Railways
Status	Closed
Locale	Mid North, South Australia
Termini	Kadina Brinkworth
Continues from	Balaklava-Moonta line
Continues as	Hamley Bridge-Gladstone line
Operation
Opened	Kadina-Snowtown: 1 October 1879 Snowtown-Brinkworth: 2 July 1894
Closed	Snowtown-Brinkworth: 20 February 1990 Kadina-Snowtown: 3 March 1993
Operator(s)	South Australian Railways Australian National
Technical
Line length	95.3 km (59.2 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Old gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map Blue is standard gauge since 1982 Gladstone railway line to Gladstone Brinkworth Gladstone railway line to Balaklava Condowie Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line to Crystal Brook & Port Augusta Snowtown Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line to Adelaide Barunga Gap Bute Mona Willamulka Balaklava-Moonta line to Port Wakefield Kadina Balaklava-Moonta line to Wallaroo & Moonta [1]

The Kadina-Brinkworth railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network.

History

The first section of the line opened on 1 October 1879 from Kadina to Snowtown, branching off from the Balaklava-Moonta line. It was extended to Brinkworth on 2 July 1894 where it joined the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone line. On 1 August 1927, the line was gauge converted from 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) to 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in).^[2][3]

The section from Kadina to Snowtown was converted to dual gauge on 2 December 1982 with an extra 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) rail laid following the conversion of the Adelaide-Port Augusta line. The Snowtown to Brinkworth section closed on 20 February 1990 followed by the rest of the line on 3 March 1993.^[3]

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