Millmerran railway line

Millmerran railway line
Legend 71km Graincorp siding 70km Millmerran 59km Yandilla 56km Condamine River 53km Pampas 50km Condamine River (north arm) 47km Brookstead 42km Cecilvale 39km Yarranlea 26km Pittsworth 25km Pittsworth East 22km Broxburn 18km Greenhills 16km Southbrook 9km Umbriam 6km The Hollows 0km Southern Line from Wyreema

The Millmerran railway line is a 71 kilometre long branch railway in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. Parliament approved a line to link Pittsworth with the east via the southern line from Toowoomba in October 1885.

The line branches off the Southern line in the township of Wyreema (then called Beauaraba) 17 km south of the major regional city of Toowoomba and opened on 19 September 1887. Stops were constructed en route to Pittsworth at The Hollows, Umbriam, Southbrook, Green Hills and Broxburn.

An extension to the agricultural centre of Millmerran via Murlaggan, Yarranlea, Cecilvale, Brookstead, Pampas and Yandilla was approved in November 1909 and opened for business on 18 October 1911. Much of the line closely parallels the Gore Highway.

Grain traffic was substantial and has been the branch lifeblood all along. A rail motor service operated between 1928 and 1969. As occurred elsewhere, road transport took over much of the business with the result that only spasmodic grain transport remains.

See also

• Rail transport in Queensland

References

"Triumph of Narrow Gauge: A History of Queensland Railways" by John Kerr 1990 Boolarong Press, Brisbane