BHP Whyalla Tramway

BHP Whyalla Tramway
Overview
OwnerLiberty Steel Group
LocaleEyre Peninsula
Termini
Service
Operator(s)Aurizon
History
Opened1901
Technical
Track gauge1067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map

km
54.1
Iron Duke
46.0
Iron Knight
24.5
Iron Baron
54.1
Iron Knob
22.0
Whyalla Inner Harbour
0.0
Whyalla Narrow Gauge Terminal
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The BHP Whyalla Tramway is a 1067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge heavy-haul railway, 112 kilometres (70 miles) long, on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It runs from haematite mines at Iron Monarch, Iron Baron and Iron Duke in the Middleback Range, about 50 kilometres (31 miles) west of Whyalla, to company steelworks at the coastal city of Whyalla. Opened in 1901, it was built by, and until 2000 operated by, BHP.[note 1] As of 2021 it was owned by Liberty Steel Group and operated on its behalf by rail operator One Rail Australia, which was sold in 2022 to Aurizon.

  1. ^ Whyalla - Iron Duke/IronKnob SA Track & Signal
  2. ^ "Onesteel Limited OST – Profile and Status at InvestoGain". investogain.com.au. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2022..
  3. ^ "OneSteel officially becomes Arrium Ltd". Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2022.


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