| 词条 | Loxton railway line |
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| box_width = | name = | other_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | color = | logo = | logo_width = | logo_alt = | image = Tookayerta grain terminal 1.JPG | image_width = | image_alt = | caption = Tookayerta grain terminal at the end of the line | type = | system = | status = No trains operating | locale = Murray Mallee | start = Tailem Bend | end = Loxton | stations = | routes = | daily_ridership = | ridership2 = | open = {{Start date|1914|02|02|df=y}} | event1label = Converted to standard gauge | event1 = 1996 | event2label = | event2 = | event3label = | event3 = | close = {{end date|2015|07|20|df=y}} | owner = | operator = | character = | depot = | stock = | linelength_km = 271 | linelength = (Tailem Bend–Tookayerta) | tracklength_km= | tracklength = | tracks = 1 | gauge = {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}} | old_gauge = {{track gauge|5'3"}} | load_gauge = | minradius = | linenumber = | electrification = | speed_km/h = | speed = | elevation_m = | elevation = | coordinates = {{coord|34|58|15|S|140|5|30|E|region:AU-SA_dim:80km|display=inline,title}} | map = {{Loxton railway line}} | map_state = collapsed }} The Loxton railway line is a closed railway line in the northern Murray Mallee region of South Australia. It ran north-east from Tailem Bend to grain silos near Loxton.[1] HistoryThe first stage of the Brown's Well railway line opened from Tailem Bend to Wanbi on 6 January 1913,[2] and extended to Paruna by the end of April the same year.[3] A branch from Alawoona to Loxton opened on 13 February 1914.[4] The main line to Alawoona and only remaining branch to Loxton closed on 6 January 1996 to be gauge converted from broad gauge to standard gauge to retain connection to the main line from Adelaide to Melbourne after that line was converted.[5][6][7] The last grain train left the silos on 20 June 2015, marking the closure of the line. RouteThe railway branched off the main line just south of Tailem Bend, and tracked roughly north-east. The Karoonda Highway from Murray Bridge East paralleled it after about 24 kilometres at Kulde. The railway and highway continued together 100 kilometres north-east through Karoonda to Alawoona, then both turned north for the final 35 kilometres to Loxton. The line no longer continues to Loxton station, having been curtailed at a bulk grain facility a few kilometres short of the town. The end of the main line became the grain terminal at what was originally the Tookayerta siding.[8] The line closed on 20 July 2015, with all grain traffic now taken by road.[9] References1. ^Mid North & Murray Mallee Lines SA Track & Signal 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5361334 |title=BROWNS WELL RAILWAY. |newspaper=The Advertiser |volume=LV, |issue=16,919 |location=South Australia |date=7 January 1913 |accessdate=28 May 2018 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5399828 |title=TAILEM BEND AND PARUNA (BROWN'S WELL LINE). |newspaper=The Advertiser |volume=LV, |issue=17,016 |location=South Australia |date=30 April 1913 |accessdate=28 May 2018 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163122825 |title=LOXTON'S GALA DAY. |newspaper=Observer |volume=LXXI, |issue=5,477 |location=South Australia |date=21 February 1914 |accessdate=28 May 2018 |page=48 |via=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^{{cite book|last1=Newland|first1=Andrew|last2=Quinlan|first2=Howard|title=Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000|date=2000|publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society|location=Redfern|isbn=0-909650-49-7|pages=54, 56}} 6. ^"SA Branches to be Standardised" Railway Digest June 1995 page 15 7. ^"South Australia" Railway Digest July 1996 page 37 8. ^Freight Study & Rail Operations Investigation Flywheel Advisory 17 November 2014 9. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.murrayvalleystandard.com.au/story/3094164/end-of-line-for-murraylands-mallee-grain-trains/ |title= End of line for Murraylands, Mallee grain trains |first=Peri |last=Strathearn |date=21 May 2015 |accessdate=4 August 2015 |publisher=Fairfax Regional Media |work=The Murray Valley Standard}} 3 : Closed railway lines in South Australia|Railway lines closed in 2015|Standard gauge railways in Australia |
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