Windera railway line

Windera railway line
Overview
Locale	Queensland, Australia
Termini	Barlil Windera
Stations	5
History
Opened	28 March 1925
Closed	1 July 1961
Technical
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)

Windera Branch route map
0km Barlil Warnung Cloyna Kitoba Windera

The Windera Branch Railway was a branch railway line from Barlil to Windera in Queensland, Australia.

History

Contemporaneously with parliamentary approval for the Murgon-to-Proston railway line came authorisation for a branch line from Barlil, the first station on the Proston line, 20 kilometres (12 mi) north to Windera in south-east Queensland, Australia.

On Saturday 28 March 1925, the 12-mile (19 km) railway line from Barlil to Windera was officially opened by Alfred James Jones, the Minister for Mines and formerly the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Burnett.[1][2] The line passed through sidings at Warnung, Cloyna, and Kitoba. Despite handling regular pig and cream traffic plus occasional livestock, its existence was never really justified.[3] The uneconomic branch closed from 1 July 1961.

References

1. "Windera Line". Daily Mail. No. 7202. Brisbane. 28 March 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 14 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "WINDERA LINE". The Daily Mail. No. 7202. Queensland, Australia. 28 March 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
3. Kerr, J. 'Triumph of Narrow Gauge' Boolarong Press 1990

External links

• 1925 map of the Queensland railway system