The Canungra railway line was a

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, Australia. It connected

Logan Village Logan Village is a semi-rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. Logan Village was once known as the head of the navigable Logan River. Its importance as a town grew again when th ...

on the Beaudesert line and

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. 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. A railway from

to Canungra was first proposed in 1900 with a survey commissioned in 1908. In 1911 the

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decided to construct the Canungra branch line from Logan Village railway station on the Beaudesert line to Canungra. Construction began in 1913 and the line opened to Canungra on 2 July 1915. "The Canungra Branch" ''

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'' January 1993 pp12-19 Timber traffic started to decline from 1923 and most of the timber in the area had been cut by the 1940s. There was substantial traffic on the line during the

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after the Jungle Warfare Training Centre opened at Canungra in November 1942. Traffic declined after

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, and the line closed on 1 July 1955.

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*—shows the route from Logan Village to Benobble
Railpage - Canungra railway line discussions1925 map of the Queensland railway system
{{Railway lines in Queensland, state=collapsed Closed railway lines in Queensland Railway lines opened in 1915 Railway lines closed in 1955 3 ft 6 in gauge railways in Australia 1915 establishments in Australia 1955 disestablishments in Australia

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