Kerang-Koondrook Tramway

Kerang-Koondrook Tramway

The Kerang-Koondrook Tramway was an Australian private railway of RailGauge|63 broad gauge, running from the state owned Victorian Railways network at Kerang to the Murray River town of Koondrook.

The convert|13.94|mi|km long line was opened in 1889"A Broad Gauge Tramway" Bakewell, Guy Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, March, 1971 pp49-55] , with construction of this line costing £39,229 by 1920, paid out of a loan advanced by the Victorian Government. [http://abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/b4005c38619c665aca25709000203b8d/73d48ba2d3c1bb9bca2569de0028b417!OpenDocument Australian Bureau of Statistics - Year Book Australia, 1920] ] In 1920 the line was controlled by the Kerang Shire Council, being transferred to the Victorian Railways on February 1, 1952 and officially closed on March 3, 1981. ["Newsrail" (Australian Railway Historical Society, Vic. Div.) March 1990 (Vol 18 No 3)]

A description of a journey on the railway in 1938 is contained in an article in Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin.

The regular passenger services on the line were withdrawn on December 16, 1976. The last train was a 102hp Walker railmotor, running a service for school children that was paid for by the Education Department. A railfan farewell special ran by 7RM ran on December 29, 1976.cite journal
year = 1997
month = March
title = Rail passenger service withdrawals since 1960
author = Chris Banger
journal = Newsrail
publisher = Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)
volume = 25
issue = 3
pages = pages 77–82 ]

References

*"Light Railways" (Light Railway Research Society of Australia) April 1988 (Number 63)

External links

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