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The Hamley Bridge–Gladstone railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network. It extended from a junction at Hamley Bridge on the Roseworthy-Peterborough line (which provided connection through to Adelaide ) through Balaklava and Brinkworth to Gladstone .
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 Hamley Bridge – Balaklava – Brinkworth – Gladstone line was converted to broad gauge in 1927, making Gladstone a break-of-gauge junction. In 1969, when the line from Port Pirie to Broken Hill was converted to standard gauge , Gladstone became a three-gauge break-of-gauge junction (together with Peterborough and succeeding Port Pirie ...
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.
Kybunga opened on 14 March 1876 as part of the narrow gauge line from Balaklava to Blyth on 14 March 1876 as part of the Port Wakefield line. On 15 January 1880, the line opened from Hamley Bridge to Balaklava. [1] It was extended north from Blyth to Gladstone on 2 July 1894 where it joined the Port Pirie-Cockburn and Wilmington lines.
On 15 January 1880, the railway line was built from Hamley Bridge north towards Balaklava (later extended to Blyth and Gladstone) by 1894).As part of this line, a railway station, goods shed and a siding accommodation was provided.
In 1888, a line was built north to Laura and ultimately Wilmington. When the Hamley Bridge line from Balaklava in the south reached Gladstone in 1894, it became a four-way junction station. All were built as narrow gauge lines. [2] [3] In 1927, the line from the south was converted to broad gauge, making Gladstone a break of gauge station.
[1] [2] The line from Hoyleton to Balaklava eventually became a part of the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line when that line was extended to Gladstone on 2 July 1894. [3] On 1 August 1927, the line gauge converted to 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm). [4] The station was named after the cadastral unit the town was in Hundred of Hall. [5]