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Following the conversion of the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line to standard gauge in 1982, the broad gauge line from from Balaklava to Paskeville was no longer required and closed on 4 April 1984. [ 7 ] The Wallaroo to Moonta section was closed on 23 July 1984, and the broad gauge section from Kadina to Wallaroo was also closed on that date ...
The Copper Coast Rail Trail is a rail trail in the Australian state of South Australia following the course of the disused Balaklava-Moonta railway line in the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia. It is open to pedestrians and cyclists, and runs for 25 km from Kadina to Moonta .
After closure, part of the line from Wallaroo to Bute was used by the Lions Club of Yorke Peninsula for heritage tourist train services but this ceased in 2009. The railway yard was lifted and turned into a parkland. [9] The railway line between Kadina and Wallaroo was ripped up and converted into the Copper Coast Rail Trail. [10]
The "Western System" included the railway from Hamley Bridge to Gladstone, along with the lines from Balaklava through Port Wakefield, Kadina and Wallaroo, and the line from Kadina through Snowtown to Brinkworth. All of these lines were prepared for conversion from narrow to broad gauge in the mid-1920s, [4] with the switch made on 1 August 1927.
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The first section of the line opened on 1 October 1879 from Kadina to Snowtown, branching off from the Balaklava-Moonta line. It was extended to Brinkworth on 2 July 1894 where it joined the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone line. On 1 August 1927, the line was gauge converted from 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) to 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in). [2] [3]
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