Mount Pleasant railway line

Mount Pleasant Line
Overview
StatusClosed and Removed
LocaleAdelaide, South Australia
Termini
Stations
History
Opened1918
Closed1963
Technical
Line length33.8 km (21.0 mi)
Number of trackssingle track
Route map

km to
Adelaide
45.8
Balhannah
Balhanna Junction
48.1
Oakbank
Mappinga
Riverview
53.4
Woodside
Kayannie
57.8
Charleston
Muralappie
65.4
Mount Torrens
Milkappa Road
71
Birdwood
Crane Road
Narcoonah
79.8
Mount Pleasant

The Mount Pleasant railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network. It was opened between Balhannah and Mount Pleasant in September 1918 and ran until March 1963[1] as a freight and passenger service.[2] Part of its trackbed is now the Amy Gillett Bikeway rail trail near to Adelaide.[3]

  1. ^ "Balhannah to Mount Pleasant Railway | Mount Pleasant Community". mountpleasant.sa.au. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  2. ^ Adelaide Hills Rail Trail - History Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Rail Trails news article Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine