Eyre Peninsula Railway

Eyre Peninsula Railway
Genesee & Wyoming Australia empty gypsum train at Thevenard in April 2017
Overview
Status	Open, mostly disused
Owner	Government of South Australia
Termini	Port Lincoln Buckleboo Penong Mount Hope
Service
Operator(s)	Aurizon
Depot(s)	1
History
First section opened	18 November 1907
Maximum length reached	11 April 1950
Grain services ceased	31 May 2019
Technical
Line length	777 km (483 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map Disused lines; Port Lincoln to Ceduna operational for locomotive transfer only km Penong 498.6 Kowulka 490.1 Kevin 466.8 Charra 445.6 Moule old Penong alignment Wandana 431.7 Ceduna 434.2 Thevenard 216.2 Wudinna 81.7 Yeelanna 203.1 Kyancutta 190.2 Warramboo 148.5 Lock 128.2 Murdinga 113.4 Tooligie 81.7 Yeelanna 105.0 Kapinnie 119.5 Mount Hope 271.6 Buckleboo 244.6 Kimba 218.3 Waddikee 198.5 Darke Peak 185.3 Kielpa 172.2 Rudall 140.6 Wharminda 108.1 Ungarra 67.5 Cummins 51.3 Edillilie 38.9 Wanilla 21.6 Coomunga 7.9 Grantham 0.0 Port Lincoln [1] This diagram: view talk edit

The Eyre Peninsula Railway is a 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge railway on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. Radiating out from the ports at Port Lincoln and Thevenard, it is isolated from the rest of the South Australian railway network. It peaked at 777 kilometres in 1950; today only a 60 kilometre section remains open. It is currently operated by Aurizon.