Waikerie railway line

Waikerie railway line
Waikerie railway line
Overview
Status	Closed and removed
Termini	Karoonda; Waikerie;
Continues from	Barmera line
Service
System	South Australian Railways
Operator(s)	South Australian Railways; Australian National
History
Opened	23 September 1914
Closed	Galga–Waikerie:14 March 1990; Karoonda–Galga: 4 March 1994
Technical
Line length	119.0 km (73.9 mi)
Track gauge	1600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Route map
Route map
Waikerie railway line

Order built	Line	Year opened	Year closed	Length (mi)	Length (km)
The six railway lines of the Murraylands
1	Tailem Bend–Pinnaroo	1906	2015^[note a]	86.6	139.4
2	Tailem Bend–Barmera	1913 / 1928^[note b]	1996^[note c]	159.5	256.6
3	Karoonda–Peebinga	1914	1990	66.0	106.2
4	Karoonda–Waikerie	1914	1994^[note d]	73.8	118.7
5	Alawoona–Loxton	1914	2015^[note e]	22.0	35.5
6	Wanbi–Yinkanie	1925	1971	31.5	50.6
Total				439.4	707.0
Notes Previously a broad-gauge through line into Victoria, the line was closed at the border in 1996 before being converted to standard gauge in 1998. Construction of the Barmera line was paused at Paringa in 1913 pending funding of a bridge over the River Murray. The line was completed to Barmera in 1928. A branch line was built to support construction of the proposed Chowilla Dam in 1966–67. Some 27.3 kilometres (17.0 miles) long, it branched from the Barmera line 8 kilometres (5 miles) south of Paringa and proceeded to Murtho on the south bank of the River Murray. Construction of the dam was deferred in 1967 and subsequently cancelled; later the line was removed without being used. Paringa–Barmera closed in 1984; Alawoona–Paringa closed in 1990; Tailem Bend–Alawoona closed in 1996. Galga–Waikerie closed in 1990. Converted to standard gauge in 1996.

The Waikerie railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network.