SAR Gladstone-Wilmington
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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Length: </span> 87km<br><br> | <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Length: </span> 87km<br><br> | ||
| − | Built as a narrow gauge (3ft6in - 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 | + | Built as a narrow gauge (3ft6in - 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 proceeded.<br> |
The line was single track with crossing loops at most locations. There were no signals on the line with Train Order Working in operation.<br> | The line was single track with crossing loops at most locations. There were no signals on the line with Train Order Working in operation.<br> | ||
| − | The 1964 working timetable had six scheduled freight services each week, three of which ran "when required". | + | The 1964 working timetable had six scheduled freight services each week, three of which ran "only when required". Half the services terminated at '''Booleroo Centre'''.<br> |
| − | 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 (5ft3in - 1600mm) service at '''Gladstone''' to and from the state capital '''Adelaide'''.<br> | + | A late night passenger service from '''Gladstone''' to '''Wilmington''' ran Mondays to Saturdays, returning early the next morning (Tuesdays to Sundays), making connections with a broad gauge (5ft3in - 1600mm) service at '''Gladstone''' to and from the state capital '''Adelaide'''.<br> |
| − | Passenger services | + | Passenger services ended in 1969 when the '''Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line''' was converted to standard gauge (4ft8½in - 1435mm) which isolated the line from the rest of the narrow gauge network.<br> |
The 1982 working timetable had just a single freight service to '''Wilmington''' each week.<br> | The 1982 working timetable had just a single freight service to '''Wilmington''' each week.<br> | ||
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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Length: </span> 87km<br><br> | <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Length: </span> 87km<br><br> | ||
| − | Built as a narrow gauge (3ft6in - 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 | + | Built as a narrow gauge (3ft6in - 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 proceeded.<br> |
The line was single track with crossing loops at most locations. There were no signals on the line with Train Order Working in operation.<br> | The line was single track with crossing loops at most locations. There were no signals on the line with Train Order Working in operation.<br> | ||
| − | The 1964 working timetable had six scheduled freight services each week, three of which ran "when required". | + | The 1964 working timetable had six scheduled freight services each week, three of which ran "only when required". Half the services terminated at '''Booleroo Centre'''.<br> |
| − | 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 (5ft3in - 1600mm) service at '''Gladstone''' to and from the state capital '''Adelaide'''.<br> | + | A late night passenger service from '''Gladstone''' to '''Wilmington''' ran Mondays to Saturdays, returning early the next morning (Tuesdays to Sundays), making connections with a broad gauge (5ft3in - 1600mm) service at '''Gladstone''' to and from the state capital '''Adelaide'''.<br> |
| − | Passenger services | + | Passenger services ended in 1969 when the '''Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line''' was converted to standard gauge (4ft8½in - 1435mm) which isolated the line from the rest of the narrow gauge network.<br> |
The 1982 working timetable had just a single freight service to '''Wilmington''' each week.<br> | The 1982 working timetable had just a single freight service to '''Wilmington''' each week.<br> | ||
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