Canungra railway line

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Canungra Railway Station ca. 1918.tiff
Canungra station, ca. 1918
Overview
StatusClosed
Owner Queensland Rail
Locale South East Queensland
Termini
Continues from Beaudesert line
Service
Operator(s)Queensland Rail
History
Opened2 July 1915
Closed1 June 1955
Technical
Line length33.1 km (20.6 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
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Canungra line

miles from South Brisbane

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 Logan Village
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34
 Plunkett
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 Tamborine
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 Bromfleet
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 Boyland
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 Wonglepong
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 Benobble
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 Canungra
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Laheys Tramway
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The Canungra railway line was a branch railway in South East Queensland, Australia. It connected Logan Village on the Beaudesert line and Canungra.

Canungra was the centre of regional timber production from the 1860s with a large sawmill completed in 1885. The private Laheys Tramway, carrying timber from nearby forests to Canungra, opened in 1900. By 1911 there were 18 bullock teams moving sawn timber between Canungra and the railway at Logan Village. [1]

A railway from Logan Village to Canungra was first proposed in 1900 with a survey commissioned in 1908. [2] [3] In 1911 the Queensland Government decided to construct the Canungra branch line from Logan Village railway station on the Beaudesert line to Canungra. [4] Construction began in 1913 and the line opened to Canungra on 2 July 1915. [5] [6] [7]

Timber traffic started to decline from 1923 and most of the timber in the area had been cut by the 1940s. [8] There was substantial traffic on the line during the Pacific War after the Jungle Warfare Training Centre opened at Canungra in November 1942. Traffic declined after World War II, and the line closed on 1 July 1955. [6] [7] [9]

Route

StationCoordinatesNotes
Logan Village 27°46′07″S153°06′29″E / 27.7686°S 153.1081°E / -27.7686; 153.1081 (Logan Village railway station) [10]
Plunkett 27°50′55″S153°08′27″E / 27.8486°S 153.14071°E / -27.8486; 153.14071 (Plunkett railway station) [11]
Tamborine 27°52′47″S153°07′47″E / 27.8796°S 153.1298°E / -27.8796; 153.1298 (Tamborine railway station) [11]
Bromfleet 27°54′21″S153°06′46″E / 27.9057°S 153.1129°E / -27.9057; 153.1129 (Bromfleet railway station) [11]
Boyland 27°56′38″S153°07′55″E / 27.9439°S 153.132°E / -27.9439; 153.132 (Boyland railway station) [11]
Wonglepong 27°58′18″S153°09′46″E / 27.9716°S 153.1628°E / -27.9716; 153.1628 (Wonglepong railway station) [11]
Benobble 27°59′42″S153°09′42″E / 27.9950°S 153.1617°E / -27.9950; 153.1617 (Benobble railway station) [11]
Canungra 28°01′04″S153°09′45″E / 28.0179°S 153.1625°E / -28.0179; 153.1625 (Canungra railway station) [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ "The Brisbane Courier. Friday August 10, 1900". Brisbane Courier. 10 August 1900.
  3. ↑ "Proposed Canungra Railway". Brisbane Courier. 11 June 1908.
  4. ↑ "SKETCHER". The Queenslander . Queensland, Australia. 25 November 1911. p. 15. Retrieved 2 April 2020– via Trove.
  5. ↑ Kerr, John (1990). Triumph of narrow gauge : a history of Queensland Railways. Boolarong Publications. p. 224. ISBN   978-0-86439-102-5.
  6. 1 2 "The Canungra Branch" Australian Railway History January 1993 pp12-19
  7. 1 2 Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 38. ISBN   0909650497.
  8. ↑ Heritage Trails of the Great South East. Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. 2000. p. 16. ISBN   0-7345-1008-X.
  9. ↑ "6 State Branch Railway lines To Be Closed". Townsville Daily Bulletin . Vol. LXXV. Queensland, Australia. 15 January 1955. p. 1. Retrieved 8 June 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "Logan Village – railway station in the City of Logan (entry 19911)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Tamborine" (Map). Queensland Government. 1954. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  12. ↑ The Canungra Branch Milne, Rod Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, January 1993 pp12-19
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