SAR Gladstone-Wilmington

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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Length:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;88km<br><br>
 
<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Length:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;88km<br><br>
  
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Built as a narrow gauge (3'6" - 1067mm) line from '''Gladstone''' to '''Laura''' in 1884, it was extended to '''Booleroo Centre''' in 1910 and to '''Wilmington''' in 1915. There were proposals to extend the line to '''Port Augusta''' or to '''Quorn'''.<br>
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Built as a narrow gauge (3'6" - 1067mm) line from '''Gladstone''' to '''Laura''' in 1884, it was extended to '''Booleroo Centre''' in 1910 and to '''Wilmington''' in 1915. There were proposals to extend the line to '''Port Augusta''' or to '''Quorn''' but these never reached the planning stage.<br>
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The line was single track with passing loops at most locations. There were no signals on the line with Train Order Working in operation.<br>
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The 1964 working timetable had six scheduled freight services each week, three of which ran "when required". Three of the six services terminated at '''Booleroo Centre'''.<br>
  
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The line was single track with passing loops at most locations along the line. There were no signals on the line with Train Order Working in operation.<br>
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A late night passenger service to '''Wilmington''' ran Mondays to Saturdays, returning early the next morning (Tuesdays to Sundays), making connections with a broad gauge (5'3" - 1600mm) service at '''Gladstone''' to and from the state capital '''Adelaide'''.<br>
  
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The line became isolated from the rest of the narrow gauge network when the '''Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line''' was converted to standard gauge (4'8.5" - 1435mm) during 1969-1970. All passenger services on the line were then permanently cancelled.<br>
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Passenger services ceased in 1969 when the '''Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line''' was converted to standard gauge (4'8.5" - 1435mm) which isolated the line from the rest of the narrow gauge network.<br>
  
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The 1964 working timetable had 6 scheduled freight services each week - 3 of which ran "when required". A late night passenger service to '''Wilmington''' ran 6 days each week, returning early the next morning. By the 1982 working timetable this had been reduced to just a single freight service to '''Wilmington''' each week.<br>
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The 1982 working timetable had just a single freight service to '''Wilmington''' each week.<br>
  
 
The line was closed in 1990 and the track has since been removed. The section from '''Wilmington''' to '''Melrose''' is now a cycling and walking "rail trail".
 
The line was closed in 1990 and the track has since been removed. The section from '''Wilmington''' to '''Melrose''' is now a cycling and walking "rail trail".

Revision as of 18:00, 24 June 2022


Gladstone-Wilmington Line Location Index Scenarios

Gladstone

Junction for Broken Hill LineBroad Gauge

FuelWool

Laura
Stone Hut
Wirrabara
Yandiah
Booleroo Centre
Peroomba
Melrose
Terka

Wilmington

Terminus

Symbols:
Coal Loco Coal Stage Fuel Bunker C Oil Fuel Point
Passengers Passenger Stop (Active) Passengers Passenger Stop (not Active)
Turntable Loco Turntable Shed Loco Shed
Water Loco Water Tank Wool Wool Bales
Goods Goods Facility Grain Grain Storage or Processing
Oils_Fuels Oil and Fuel Terminal Stockyard Stockyard
Loop Passing Loop WYE Turning Triangle or WYE

Line History:

Opened:  1884-1915
Closed:  1990
Length:  88km

Built as a narrow gauge (3'6" - 1067mm) line from Gladstone to Laura in 1884, it was extended to Booleroo Centre in 1910 and to Wilmington in 1915. There were proposals to extend the line to Port Augusta or to Quorn but these never reached the planning stage.

The line was single track with passing loops at most locations. There were no signals on the line with Train Order Working in operation.

The 1964 working timetable had six scheduled freight services each week, three of which ran "when required". Three of the six services terminated at Booleroo Centre.

A late night passenger service to Wilmington ran Mondays to Saturdays, returning early the next morning (Tuesdays to Sundays), making connections with a broad gauge (5'3" - 1600mm) service at Gladstone to and from the state capital Adelaide.

Passenger services ceased in 1969 when the Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line was converted to standard gauge (4'8.5" - 1435mm) which isolated the line from the rest of the narrow gauge network.

The 1982 working timetable had just a single freight service to Wilmington each week.

The line was closed in 1990 and the track has since been removed. The section from Wilmington to Melrose is now a cycling and walking "rail trail".

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