The Windera Branch Railway is a branch railway line from Barlil to

Windera Windera is a town in the South Burnett Region and a locality split between the South Burnett Region and the Gympie Region in Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Windera had a population of 93 people. Geography Windera was the termin ...

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, Australia.

History

Contemporaneously with parliamentary approval for the Murgon-to-Proston railway line came authorisation for a

branch line A branch line is a phrase used in railway terminology to denote a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line. Industrial spur An industri ...

from Barlil, the first station on the Proston line, north to Windera in south-east

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. On Saturday 28 March 1925, the railway line from Barlil to Windera was officially opened by

Alfred James Jones Alfred James Jones (4 October 1871 – 7 October 1945) was an Australian politician who served as a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council and as Lord Mayor of Brisbane. Early life Alfred ...

, the Minister for Mines and formerly the Member of the

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for Burnett. The line passed through

siding Siding may refer to: * Siding (construction), the outer covering or cladding of a house * Siding (rail) A siding, in rail terminology, is a low-speed track section distinct from a running line or through route such as a main line, branch l ...

s at Warnung, Cloyna, and Kitoba. Its existence was never really justifiedKerr, J. 'Triumph of Narrow Gauge' Boolarong Press 1990 despite handling regular pig and cream traffic plus occasional livestock. The uneconomic branch closed from 1 July 1961.

References

External links

1925 map of the Queensland railway system
{{Railway lines in Queensland , state=expanded Closed railway lines in Queensland Railway lines opened in 1925 Railway lines closed in 1961