Pinnaroo railway line, Victoria

The Pinnaroo Line serviced the agricultural districts of the Mallee in the Australian states of South Australia and Victoria for the freight of grain, although there were periods of passenger travel on the line in previous years (the last passenger service between Ouyen in Victoria and Pinnaroo in South Australia being in 1968).

Pinnaroo railway line (Victoria)
Overview
Statusgauge conversion
TerminiOuyen
Pinnaroo
Operation
Opened25 June 1912 (1912-06-25)
Closed4 October 2007 (2007-10-04)
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Route map
Mildura line
Change At Ouyen station
Galah
Walpeup
Torrita
Underbool
Linga
Boinka
Tutye
Cowangie
Carina
Panitya
Pinnaroo

The railway line was the means to open up the agricultural lands with the supply of goods and services from rural centres sustaining the remote area. It was completed from Ouyen to Murrayville in 1912 and extended to Pinnaroo in 1915. In 1996 The line stopped at Panitya due to gauge conversion at the state border when the South Australian end was converted to standard gauge.[1] It was booked out of service on 4 October 2007.[2]

As part of the Murray Basin Rail Project, the line from Ouyen to Murrayville was upgraded to 19 tonnes axle loading and converted to standard gauge in 2018.[3]

References

  1. "Ouyen-Pinnaroo Railway Line" (PDF). VRHistory.
  2. "Panitya Line". VICSIG. 29 December 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. Murray Basin Rail Project (PDF). Public Transport Victoria. 2014. p. 5. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
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