Bowelling is the site of a former railway station in the
Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, and is now a locality in the
Shire of West Arthur
The Shire of West Arthur is a Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area in the Wheatbelt (Western Australia), Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, generally to the west of Albany Highway about south-east of Perth, th ...
.
It was a junction of the
Narrogin
Narrogin is a town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, southeast of Perth, Western Australia, Perth on the Great Southern Highway between Pingelly, Western Australia, Pingelly and Wagin, Western Australia, Wagin. In the age of st ...
to
Collie
Collies form a distinctive type of herding dogs, including many related landraces and standardized breeds. The type originated in Scotland and Northern England. Collies are medium-sized, fairly lightly-built dogs, with pointed snouts. Many type ...
(usually known as ''Bowelling to Narrogin'') and the
Wagin to Collie (usually known as ''
Bowelling to Wagin'') railway lines.
Narrogin and Wagin were the locations of junctions on the
Great Southern Railway, while the railway to Collie connected with the
South Western Railway
South Western Railway Limited, trading as South Western Railway (SWR), is the British state-owned train operating company that took over the services of the South Western Railway (2017–2025), operator of the same name from FirstGroup and MTR ...
at
Brunswick Junction
Brunswick is the historical English name for the German city of Braunschweig (Low German: ''Brunswiek'', Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'').
Brunswick may also refer to:
Places and other topographs
Australia
*Brunswick, Victoria, a suburb of ...
.
The branch lines were regularly reviewed as to their viability in the 1980s by Westrail management, and also by the Transport Commission.
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