Bowelling is the location of a former railway station in the
south west
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region of Western Australia.
It was a junction of the
Narrogin to
Collie
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(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 at
Brunswick Junction.
The branch lines were regularly reviewed as to their viability in the 1980s by Westrail management, and also by the Transport Commission.
Notes
Disused railway stations in Western Australia
South West (Western Australia)
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