Brunswick Junction to Narrogin railway line

Brunswick Junction to Narrogin railway line
The heritage listed Darkan Railway Station
Overview
Status	Open: 53 kilometres (33 mi) Closed: 133 kilometres (83 mi)
Locale	South West and Wheatbelt, Western Australia
Termini	Brunswick Junction Narrogin
History
Commenced	1898
Opened	7 October 1907 (1907-10-07)
Closed	1988 (partially)
Technical
Line length	186 km (116 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Brunswick Junction to Narrogin railway line Main locations 45km 30miles Narrogin 4 Bowelling 3 Collie 2 Brunswick Junction 1
Route map Legend South Western Railway 0 Brunswick Junction 11 Beela 23 Worsley 24 Worsley East Worsley–Hamilton spur line 25 Worsley North 35 Hamilton 40 Collie Collie–Western No. 2 spur line 54 Cardiff 56 Western No. 2 51 Ewington Junction 53 Premier 61 Muja 77 Bowelling Wagin to Bowelling railway line 92 Boolading 105 Darkan 112 Hillman 122 Dardadine 130 Culbin 153 Williams 170 Geeralying 176 Dumberning 186 Narrogin Great Southern Railway Merredin to Narrogin railway line This diagram: view talk edit

The Brunswick Junction to Narrogin railway line is a partially operational railway line in the South West and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia, connecting Brunswick Junction via Collie and Bowelling to Narrogin.

The line was 186 kilometres (116 mi) long but only the western-most 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Brunswick Junction to the Premier Coal mine are still in service. At Brunswick Junction, the railway line connects to the South Western Railway while, at Narrogin, it connected to the Great Southern Railway and Merredin to Narrogin railway line. At Bowelling, it also connected to the Wagin to Bowelling railway line. In its western section, the line also had a number of spur lines, some of which are still active.^[1][2][3]