Inverell railway line

Inverell railway line
Trains waiting to depart Moree railway station, junction of Inverell branchline in 1911
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Length153.93 km (95.65 mi)
Route map
Map
Legend
 Inverell
Byron
Greenwood
Mount Russell
Delungra
Warialda
Hadleigh
Syfield
Gravesend
Yagobie
Biniguy
Wubbera
Marambir
Mungie Bungie
joins the Mungindi Line at Moree

The Inverell railway line is a closed railway line in New South Wales, Australia. The line branches from the Mungindi line at Moree and travels in an easterly direction through the town of Gravesend then Warialda Rail, gradually increasing in elevation through Delungra towards the terminus at Inverell. An initial estimate of its intended length was 96 miles 35 chains (155.2 km).[1] The line opened in February 1900 as far as Gravesend, then more of the line in 1901 before the Gwydir River bridge was finally finished and the line completed in 1902.[2] It was progressively closed between 1987 and 1994. Currently a 5 km (3.1 mi) section at the Moree end remains in use as a siding for the storage of railway wagons.[3] On 8 August 2016, The NSW Government announced that a 2.8km section of the railway would be reinstated to allow grain to be sent by rail, as part of the Fixing Country Rail pilot round. Up to $2 million was allocated for the project.[4]

  1. ^ "MOREE TO INVERELL RAILWAY". Clarence and Richmond Examiner. New South Wales, Australia. 14 August 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 7 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Bozier, R. "Inverell Branch". NSWrail.net website. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Border Integrated Transport Plan" (PDF). Queensland Government. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Fixing country rail Website". NSW freight. NSW Department of Transport. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.