Pinnaroo railway line (Victoria)
Overview
Statusgauge conversion
Termini
History
Opened25 June 1912 (1912-06-25)
Closed4 October 2007 (2007-10-04)
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
471.758
 Mildura line at Change At Ouyen station
486.341
 Galah
501.640
 Walpeup
510.544
 Torrita
522.614
 Underbool
532.054
 Linga
 Boinka
552.573
 Tutye
562.311
 Cowangie
580.861
 Murrayville
589.171
 Carina
599.079
 Panitya
 Victoria/South Australia state border
606.774
 Pinnaroo

The Pinnaroo Line serviced the agricultural districts of the Mallee in the Australian states of South Australia and Victoria for the freight of grain, although there were periods of passenger travel on the line in previous years (the last passenger service between Ouyen in Victoria and Pinnaroo in South Australia being in 1968).

The railway line was the means to open up the agricultural lands with the supply of goods and services from rural centres sustaining the remote area. It was completed from Ouyen to Murrayville in 1912 and extended to Pinnaroo in 1915. In 1996 The line stopped at Panitya due to gauge conversion at the state border when the South Australian end was converted to standard gauge.[1] It was booked out of service on 4 October 2007.[2]

As part of the Murray Basin Rail Project, the line from Ouyen to Murrayville was upgraded to 19 tonnes axle loading and converted to standard gauge in 2018.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Ouyen-Pinnaroo Railway Line" (PDF). VRHistory. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Panitya Line". VICSIG. 29 December 2013. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Murray Basin Rail Project (PDF). Public Transport Victoria. 2014. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
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