The Kilcoy railway line is a disused, partly demolished narrow gauge railway in
South East Queensland
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, Australia.
History
The first section of the line opened from
Caboolture
Caboolture () is a town and suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. It is located on the northern side of the Caboolture River. In the , the suburb of Caboolture had a population of 29,534 people.
Geography
Caboolture is ...
to
Woodford on 6 December 1909. It was extended to
Kilcoy on 22 December 1913.
Railway stations on the Kilcoy line included Durundur,
Neurum,
Royston,
Villeneuve,
Glenfern and
Winya. The
Wamuran
Wamuran is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Wamuran had a population of 3,374 people.
Wamuran is known for its roadside stalls selling the ...
to Kilcoy section closed on 30 June 1964 followed by the remaining section from Caboolture to Wamuran on 9 September 1996.
[ 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
A rail trail or railway walk is a shared-use path on a Right of way#Rail right of way, railway right of way. Rail trails are typically constructed after a railway has been abandoned and the track has been removed but may also share the rail corr ...
on the railway alignment from Caboolture to Wamuran.
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.
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.
See also
* Construction of Queensland railways
* Rail transport in Queensland
References
External links
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{{Railway lines in Queensland, state=collapsed
Closed railway lines in Queensland
Railway lines opened in 1913
Railway lines closed in 1964
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1913 establishments in Australia
1964 disestablishments in Australia