The Eyre Peninsula Railway was built and operated by South Australian Railways (SAR). As with many other early narrow-gauge railways in South Australia, the Eyre Peninsula lines started out as isolated lines connecting small ports to the inland, opening up the country for settlement and economic life including export of grain and other produce in an environment with few roads and only horse-drawn road vehicles.[2] The railway has always been isolated from the main network. A proposal to link it with the rest of the network at Port Augusta was rejected in the 1920s[3][4] and again in the 1950s.[5][6]
The first 67 km from Port Lincoln to Cummins opened on 18 November 1907, followed by extensions to Yeelanna on 1 April 1909, Minnipa on 5 May 1913, Nunjikompita on 14 August 1914 and Thevenard on 8 February 1915, a total of 434 km.[7][8][9][page needed] A second line opened from Cummins to Moody on 1 August 1912, being extended to Ungarra on 31 March 1913, Kimba on 11 July 1913 and Buckleboo on 5 August 1926, a distance of 213 km.[10]
Branch lines off the original line opened from Yeelanna to Mount Hope on 9 October 1914, a distance of 38 km and from Wandana to Penong on 7 February 1924, a distance of 83 km.[11] A further nine-kilometre branch from Kevin to Kowulka opened on 11 April 1950. This was the peak of the network's size at 777 km.[10]
The Mount Hope line was truncated by 15 km on 12 July 1965, with Kapinnie becoming its terminus.[10][12] The remaining section closed in October 2002.[9][page needed]
The original route for gypsum traffic had followed a circuitous, 103 km (64 mi) route, via Kowulka and Wandana, from the mine at Kevin to the port at Thevenard. The ruling grade was 1 in 80. In 1966, a 58 km (36 mi) line with a ruling grade of 1 in 120 was opened from Kevin to Penong Junction.[13] The line from Wandana to Kowulka was closed.[10][14][15] In 1984 the Thevenard unloading facility was upgraded with a balloon loop.[16]
The last grain train from Kevin to Penong operated on 3 March 1997 with the line reverting to state government ownership on 30 June 2001.[9][page needed] Due to a poor harvest resulting from drought, the last grain train north of Cummins to Kimba ran on 20 December 2018.[20]
Cessation of grain traffic
Grain trains ceased operating in May 2019, when Viterra moved its business to road haulage, leaving only gypsum traffic on the Lake MacDonnell–Thevenard railway line remaining.[21][22] The network technically remains open as no lines have formally been "closed". However, from an operational standpoint, the lines are closed. Since April 2005, grain trains had only operated from Port Lincoln to Wudinna and Kimba.[23][page needed][24][25] The workshops in Port Lincoln initially remained open for maintenance of rail vehicles brought by road from Whyalla and Thevenard, but the workshops subsequently closed and some mechanical equipment was transferred to Adelaide for use at the Motive Power Centre at Dry Creek. Maintenance is now carried out at Progress Rail's Port Augusta workshops; rolling stock is transferred there via road.[citation needed]
The Wudinna to Penong Junction section remained open to facilitate rolling stock movements to and from the Port Lincoln workshops.[26][27] Gypsum trains continue to operate from the Lake MacDonnell mine at Kevin to Thevenard for Gypsum Resources Australia, a joint venture between Boral and CSR.[28][29] A final light engine movement from Port Lincoln to Thevenard ran on 26 June 2019.[20]
Operation of the Eyre Peninsula Railway was acquired by Aurizon in their purchase of One Rail Australia (previously Genesee & Wyoming Australia); the sale was finalised on 29 July 2022.[30][note 1]
Proposal for upgrading and re-opening
In March 2023, Aurizon and grain-handling company Viterra applied to the Australian Government for A$220 million to upgrade the abandoned lines on the lower Eyre Peninsula so that heavier, faster (and therefore more efficient) trains could operate than previously. The lines would be Port Lincoln–Wudinna and Cummins–Kimba. The proposal included upgrading of the outloading facilities at Viterra's sites at Lock, Wudinna, Cummins, Kimba and Rudall, and reducing turnaround times and increasing volume at Port Lincoln. The proposal envisaged hauling at least 1.3 million tonnes (1.4 megatons) per year and reopening within 12 months of approval of funding. Benefits would include reduction of about 25,000 t (25,000 long tons) of CO2 equivalent a year and removal of about 42,000 truck movements from Eyre Peninsula roads. General manager of operations for Aurizon, Matt Jones, said his company's business case was based on the current grain market but it welcomed any other company's freight on the railway. Rowan Ramsey, the member for the federal Division of Grey, said that while he would love to see more freight off the roads, there would need to be "a substantial business case for the rebuild of the rail line to be successful. The suggestion here is that the taxpayer stump up $220 million for one of the wealthiest companies in the world [Viterra] to build an asset only they would use. ... they were the last customer of that railway and pulled their trade maybe four years ago, ... now they want to rebuild it with taxpayers' funds for only them to use because Viterra is the only customer on that line." However, a founder of the March for Eyre group, Marie Shaw, said claims that Viterra was using taxpayers' money after they "pulled their trade" was incorrect. "What Viterra and Aurizon have done is [to say they] will together work to reopen the rail – which is actually a state government responsibility, ultimately – by [applying to] the federal government for the kind of input that the other states are getting towards regional rail. Viterra does not have any commercial arrangement with that rail, or any responsibility at all."[32][33]
Opened 9 October 1914, cut back to Kapinnie 12 July 1965, remainder closed October 2002[10][34][page needed] Last known through vehicles were operated by ASSCO[35]
Opened 7 February 1924, Wandana to Kowulka closed 13 February 1966, Kowulka to Penong closed 3 March 1997[10] Last Lessor ASSCO January 2003[36]
Penong Junction
Kowulka
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Kevin to Kowulka opened 11 April 1950, Penong Junction to Kevin opened 13 February 1966[10]
Services
Freight
Since June 2019, the Eyre Peninsula Railway only carries gypsum traffic with three returns services running daily. In 2017, 1.55 million tonnes of gypsum was transported.[37] Until 2019, grain traffic was dominant on the division since the 1970's. Previously livestock, oil, salt, superphosphate and water was carried on both dedicated freight and mixed trains.[9][page needed][34][page needed]
Passenger
Initially passengers were conveyed on mixed trains. A weekly passenger service from Port Lincoln to Thevenard was introduced in 1923 that included a sleeping car. It operated as a boat train being positioned at the foot of the jetty at Port Lincoln to connect with ships from Adelaide. In 1931 Fageol railbuses converted from motor buses were introduced, these were supplemented by Brill 75s in 1936. The last service was withdrawn on 30 August 1968.[9][page needed][38][39]
Motive power and rolling stock
The Eyre Peninsula Railway was initially operated by T, V, W and Y class steam locomotives. All had previously been used on other parts of the SAR network. These were replaced by 830 class diesel locomotives in the 1960s, some of which have never left the division. Nine were delivered new to the Eyre Peninsula Railway, while others were transferred from the Port Pirie to Broken Hill line after it was converted to standard gauge replacing the last remaining T class steam locomotives in April 1970.[9][page needed]
Some 830s were transferred to AN Tasrail in the early 1980s and replaced by ex Commonwealth Railways NT and NJ class locomotives made redundant by the closure of the Central Australia Railway, the use of the NT class locomotives was not successful and both were cut up at Port Lincoln.[9][page needed][40] In January 2019 the locomotive fleet comprised seven 830s (including three rebuilt as 900s), three NJs and two ex Australian Railroad Group A locomotives classified as the 1200 class.[24] As of January 2023[update], the Thevenard based locomotive fleet is worked by two NJs, the two 1200s and a handful of operational 830/900 class units.
When the line opened, a depot was established at Cummins with locomotives sent to Islington Railway Workshops in Adelaide for major work. From 1931 the railway was able to handle all level of repairs with the establishment of a workshop at Port Lincoln with a roundhouse opened in 1934. The workshop was rebuilt in 1966 to service diesel locomotives.[34][page needed]
A locomotive shed was also established at Thevenard and replaced by a small locomotive servicing facility in 1992.[9][page needed] With the closure of the grain network, the Thevenard facility was expected to be upgraded when the Port Lincoln depot closed.[43] As of December 2019[update], the Port Lincoln Workshops remained open for re-skinning wagon interiors brought in by road from the nearby BHP Whyalla Tramway.[44]
^The parties were Aurizon Holdings Ltd (the acquirer) and various entities of Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), on behalf of MAM's funds, and PGGM Infrastructure Fund, to acquire 100% of One Rail Australia Holdings LP (the target), the South Australian limited partnership that owned the One Rail Australia business.[31]: 4–5
^"No Railway Link with West Coast". Quorn Mercury. 24 June 1954. p. 1. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Extension of Railway Opposed". Whyalla Times. 2 July 1954. p. 1. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
^ abcdefghKnife, Peter (2006). Peninsula Pioneer. Wahroonga: Peter Knife. ISBN0975783505.
^ abcdefghiNewland, Andrew; Quinlan, Howard (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 59. ISBN0-909650-49-7.
^Knife, Peter; Knife, Margaret (2007). Peninsula Memories: Stories of the railwaymen and women of Eyre Peninsula. Wahroonga: Peter Knife. ISBN9780975783511.
^ ab"End of The Line for the Eyre Peninsula Railway". Motive Power. No. 122. March 2019. pp. 30–39.
^"Rail Services to be Cut". Victor Harbor Times. 10 May 1968. p. 6. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Port Lincoln Division - Withdrawal of Passenger Service". The Recorder. August 1968. pp. 1–4.
^"The Eyre Peninsula's Isolated Railway". Railway Digest. July 2001. pp. 12–16.
^"The Queensland Invasion West". Motive Power. No. 106. July 2016. p. 49.
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