Balranald Railway Line
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Balranald Railway Line
OR:
Balranald Railway Line on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

The Balranald railway line was a
Victorian Railways The Victorian Railways (VR), trading from 1974 as VicRail, was the state-owned operator of most rail transport in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1983. The first railways in Victoria were private companies, but when these companie ...
broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , more known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union countries ...
line that branched from Barnes on the
Deniliquin railway line The Deniliquin railway line (also known as the Bendigo railway line or the Echuca railway line) is a broad-gauge railway line serving north-western Victoria, Australia. The line runs from the New South Wales town of Deniliquin into Bendigo, ...
and ran to
Balranald Balranald is a town within the Local government in Australia, local government area of Balranald Shire, in the Murray (New South Wales), Murray region of far south-western New South Wales, Australia. The town of Balranald is located where the ...
. The building of the line was sanctioned under the Border Railways Act 1922. The Balranald branch line was opened on 26 March 1926. The section from
Moulamein Moulamein is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, in the Murray River Council local government area. At the , Moulamein had a population of 484 . Moulamein is the oldest town in the Riverina. The town is located between Balranald, Hay, ...
to Balranald was closed in 1986. The bridge across Yanga Creek near Balranald was subsequently demolished to make way for a realignment of the Sturt Highway. The sections of the line between Caldwell and Moulamein, and Barnes and Caldwell, were closed in 2006 and 2008 respectively. On 20 November 2024, about 4 km section of the line up to Centre Road level crossing at Barnes was reopened as a stub siding.


References

{{Victorian Railway Lines, branch Closed regional railway lines in New South Wales Railway lines opened in 1926 Railway lines closed in 2008 5 ft 3 in gauge railways in Australia