Kilcoy railway line

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Kilcoy railway line
Kilcoy railway at Wamuran Queensland.jpg
Disused track at Wamuran, 2015
Overview
StatusClosed
Owner Queensland Rail
Locale Queensland
Termini
Continues from North Coast line
Service
Operator(s)Queensland Rail
History
Opened Caboolture-Woodford: 6 December 1909
Woodford-Kilcoy: 22 December 1913
Closed Wamuran-Kilcoy: 30 June 1964
Caboolture-Wamuran: 9 September 1996
Technical
Line length55.9 km (34.7 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The Kilcoy railway line is a disused, partly demolished narrow gauge railway in South East Queensland, Australia.

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History

The first section of the line opened from Caboolture to Woodford on 6 December 1909. It was extended to Kilcoy on 22 December 1913. [1] [2] [3]

Railway stations on the Kilcoy line included Durundur, Neurum, Royston, Villeneuve, Glenfern and Winya. [4] The Wamuran to Kilcoy section closed on 30 June 1964 followed by the remaining section from Caboolture to Wamuran on 9 September 1996. [3] As of 2015 all of the line has been removed back to Caboolture, except for a few hundred metres of track at the former Wamuran station.

Caboolture to Wamuran Rail Trail

In May 2016 the Moreton Bay Regional Council published a concept plan for the development of a rail trail on the railway alignment from Caboolture to Wamuran. [5]

This rail trail has been refurbished with a 10.5 km accessible sealed surface and completed in stages, with the trail officially opened on 15 December 2020. [6]

The trail is easily accessed from Caboolture railway station by foot and wheeled vehicles. The trail also has information panels about the history of the Kilcoy line and the community and industries it served, beside the shelters and water refill stations at both the Caboolture start and Wamuran finish points.

Museum and heritage railway

The Australian Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Society operates a railway museum at the Woodford railway station. The society was established in January 1971 to preserve the history of narrow-gauge railways in Queensland. The society has collected steam, diesel and petrol locomotives and rollingstock using the 2-foot gauge and has established their Durundur railway at Woodford as an operating heritage line. [7]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Jimna Single Men's Barracks (former) (entry 602685)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Kilcoy and Kilcoy Shire". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 38. ISBN   0909650497.
  4. ↑ "Kilcoy Line Re-named". Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser (Qld. : 1903 - 1922) . Qld.: National Library of Australia. 1 August 1913. p. 2. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "CABOOLTURE to WAMURAN Rail Trail - Concept" (PDF). Moreton Bay Regional Council. May 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Caboolture-Wamuran Rail Trail Ready". www.sentinelnews.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "ANGRMS: About". Australian Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Society. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

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