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In 1910 the Queensland government adopted a significant plan to build a railway on the Queensland section of the alignment proposed from Bourke in western NSW, to Darwin in the NT, known as the 'Great Western Railway'. To connect to that alignment, construction began in 1911 from Westgate (21 km south of Charleville) in a westerly direction.
The actual Great Western Railway (GWR) line was to be from Tobermory to Camooweal, following an alignment proposed in the 1880s for a railway from Sydney to Darwin via Bourke. This south-east to north-west alignment paralleled the Queensland coastline, having the benefit of providing roughly equidistant connections to the ports.
A heavy-haul railway was built from Rangal (west of Blackwater) to the coal fields at Kinrola in 1967. This line was extended to the Rolleston coal mine in 2006. This is the first new non-urban railway in Queensland for 23 years, and reflects the upswing in coal demand as a result of the Chinese economic boom.
The Queensland Parliament passed the Great Western Railway Act in 1910. Its purpose was to authorize construction of over 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) of railway in far western Queensland so as to bring all sheep farming activities in the region within reach of a railway and hence eastern markets.
The Central Western railway line is a railway line in Queensland, Australia. It was opened in a series of sections between 1867 and 1928. It was opened in a series of sections between 1867 and 1928. It commences at Rockhampton and extends west 863 kilometres (536 mi) to Winton .
Construction of the Queensland rail network began in 1864 with the first section of the Main Line railway from Ipswich to Grandchester being built. This was the first narrow-gauge main line constructed in the world [3] and, in 2013, was claimed to be the second largest narrow-gauge railway network in the world.
Charleville station is important in demonstrating the pattern of Queensland's history. Opened in 1888 when the rail link to Western Queensland was first built. Charleville station was the western rail terminus, serving goods and passenger traffic. It remained the terminus for a decade and one of the most important stations on the Western ...
The first railway in Western Australia was the Ballaarat tramline, a private timber railway from Lockville to Yoganup near Busselton, south of Perth. In 1879, the Western Australian Government Railways opened a 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in ) gauge line to connect the copper mine at Northampton and the port of Geraldton .