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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. [1]
The section from Hoyleton to Balaklava eventually became part of the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line when that line reached Gladstone in 1894. The 3 ft 6 in ( 1,067 mm ) gauge line from Port Wakefield reached a new junction with the Kadina–Brinkworth railway line at Kadina and opened on 9 October 1878.
The Port Pirie line was constructed as 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) broad gauge and the Moonta line was constructed as 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) narrow gauge. This problem was solved when the Moonta line was converted to broad gauge on 1 August 1927. [6] [7]
This then became the Balaklava to Moonta railway line. The current railway station was built in 1914 as a replacement for the older station, which was demolished in 1926, to cater for increasing passenger traffic. [3] [4] It was built in the American Art Nouveau style. Identical stations were built at Moonta, Tailem Bend and Bordertown. [5]
Balaklava-Moonta railway line: Balaklava-Moonta 00843d: Barmera railway line: Barmera 00843d: Beachport railway line: Beachport 00843d: Central Australia Railway: Central Australia Railway 00843d: Gladstone railway line: Gladstone 00843d: Kadina-Brinkworth railway line: Kadina-Brinkworth 00843d: Kingston-Naracoorte railway line: Kingston ...
Paskeville railway station opened in 1878 with the opening of the railway line from Port Wakefield to Kadina. [1] [2] It consisted of a railway yard [3] and a railway siding. [4] It had also had a goods shed but it was burnt down and never rebuilt. [5] A railway line was proposed to run from Paskeville to the town of Maitland but it was never ...
Gladstone railway line: Hamley Bridge – Balaklava, continuing through Brinkworth to Gladstone (now closed and dismantled beyond Balaklava) Balaklava–Moonta railway line: Balaklava – Kadina – Wallaroo – Moonta (1862 horse-drawn between Wallaroo and Kadina, 1878 to Port Wakefield, now closed and dismantled)
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]