The Sedan railway line branched off from the
South Australian Railways
South Australian Railways (SAR) was the statutory corporation through which the Government of South Australia built and operated railways in South Australia from 1854 until March 1978, when its non-urban railways were incorporated into Aust ...
'
Adelaide to Wolseley line at
Monarto South running 70 kilometres north to
Sedan.
History
The Sedan line opened
Monarto South to
Sedan on 13 October 1919. The original stations were at
Pallamana,
Tepko,
Apamurra,
Milendella,
Sanderston,
Kanappa,
Cambrai, and
Sedan, with station buildings and livestock loading facilities at Appamurra, Cambrai and Sedan.
[Sedan]
South Australian History
On 1 June 1964, the line was curtailed to
Cambrai, briefly reopening in 1967 to assist in the construction of the
Swan Reach to Sedan pipeline.
[ It was cut back further to Apamurra on 9 October 1987. Parts of the line between Apamurra and Cambrai were removed in 2001 by the Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society for use on its ]Stirling North
Stirling North is a town located east of Port Augusta in the Australian state of South Australia. The now abandoned Marree railway line forms the official border line separating the two towns. Primarily, Stirling North is a satellite town to Po ...
to Port Augusta line.[Port Augusta track extension project]
Pichi Richi Railway
In August 1995, work commenced to gauge convert the line south of Apamurra to standard gauge.[ It reopened on 20 November 1995.]["South Australia" ''Railway Digest'' July 1996 page 37] The line closed in 2005.
References
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Closed railway lines in South Australia
Railway lines opened in 1919
Railway lines closed in 2005
Standard gauge railways in Australia