Kadina–Brinkworth railway line

Kadina–Brinkworth railway line
Kadina–Brinkworth railway line
Overview
Status	Closed
Locale	Snowtown: 1 October 1879; Snowtown-Brinkworth: 2 July 1894
Closed	Snowtown-Brinkworth: 20 February 1990; Kadina-Snowtown: 3 March 1993
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
	Balaklava–Moonta line
	to Port Wakefield
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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

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

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]

^ South Australia. Chief Engineer for Railways; Vaughan, A. (Alfred); South Australia. Surveyor-General's Office (1910), Map showing lines of railways in South Australia, November 1910, Surveyor General's Office, retrieved 25 February 2016
^ Callaghan, W. H. (2002), "Horse and Steam, Wheat and Copper", Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin (January/February): 9–27, 46–63
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