The Donnybrook–Katanning railway was a railway line in the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia, between Donnybrook and Katanning.
At times of the proposal of the railway, the project was known as the Upper Blackwood railway.[1][2]
It connected the Great Southern Railway route with Donnybrook, providing railway access for farmers in the region. Other connecting lines north of this line were the:
- Brunswick Junction to Wagin railway[3]
- Brunswick Junction via Bowelling to Narrogin railway
- Pinjarra to Narrogin railway[4]
These lines were mostly closed and removed, the Brunswick Junction to Collie railway line being the last remaining active line.
Boyup Brook and Kojonup were significant locations on the railway.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Katanning-Bridgetown Railway". The Albany Advertiser. Vol. XVIII, no. 2399. Western Australia. 24 June 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 22 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Upper Blackwood". Blackwood Chronicle and South-West Mining News. Vol. III, no. 178. Western Australia. 8 December 1906. p. 3. Retrieved 22 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Gould, Peter (2017), Lakes and rails : Wagin's railway history (Revised ed.), Peter Gould, ISBN 978-0-648-22560-7
- ^ Sallis, Roger (2009), The Pinjarra-Narrogin railway (1st ed.), Roger W. Sallis, ISBN 978-0-646-51022-4
- ^ Rogers, Michael; Whiteford, David; Austin, Jeff (2017), The Kojonup Railway : an historical account of the part Kojonup played in the operation of the now closed Donnybrook to Katanning railway line, Hesperian Press, ISBN 978-0-85905-662-5