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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 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]
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 ...
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]
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)
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]
The earliest part of the narrow gauge Hamley Bridge-Gladstone line opened from Balaklava to Blyth on 14 March 1876 as part of the Port Wakefield line but a railway station wasn't erected at Balaklava until the line opened from Hamley Bridge to Balaklava on 15 January 1880. [1] The station consisted of a main building, a goods shed and railway ...
The railway line from Balaklava to Paskeville closed on 4 April 1984 but the line from Kadina to Paskeville remained open until 14 March 1990. [8] The railway line and station was completely removed. Present day