Wheatbelt railway lines of Western Australia

A WAGR E class steam locomotive hauling the first train of bulk wheat in Western Australia, 1931

The wheatbelt railway lines of Western Australia were, in most cases, a network of railway lines in Western Australia that primarily served the Wheatbelt region.

Maps of the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) system in the 1930s show that in the main wheatbelt region, any railway line was within 48 kilometres (30 mi) of the harvest location, facilitating ease of access to rail transport. Most of the larger extent of the network has since been closed.

In the current railway management systems, many of the remaining operating lines are primarily for the haulage of grain.[1]

  1. ^ "About the rail network". Save Grain on Rail. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. 90-95% of Wheatbelt Grain transported on Rail