The Yinkanie railway line was a 50.6 kilometres (31.4 mi) railway line on the South Australian Railways network. Named the Wanbi to Moorook Railway in its enabling Act, it never reached its intended destination on the River Murray.[1] The railway ran from a junction with the Barmera line at Wanbi northwards to Yinkanie, opening on 7 September 1925 and closing on 1 May 1971.[2]

Yinkanie railway line
Chute for loading bulk grain into trains at Wunkar (the only station on the line to have bulk storage and loading facilities) in 2015
Overview
StatusClosed and removed
Termini
Continues fromBarmera line
Service
SystemSouth Australian Railways
History
Opened4 September 1925 (1925-09-04)
Closed1 May 1971 (1971-05-01)
Technical
Line length49.6 km (30.8 mi)
Track gauge1600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Route map

Red was broad gauge from 1925 to 1971.
Blue was broad gauge from 1913 to 1996
then standard gauge from 1996 to 2012.
Yinkanie
Wappilka
Myrla
Wunkar
Koowa
Tuscan
Bayah
Caliph
Gluyas
Wanbi

Route

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The route of the line was designed to cover the gap between the Waikerie and Loxton lines at the lowest cost.[1] The names of the new stations were Gluyas, Caliph, Bayah, Tuscan, Koowa, Wunkar, Myrla, Wappilka and Yinkanie.

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Moorook Railway". The Chronicle. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 12 September 1925. p. 52. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  2. ^ Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 54. ISBN 0 909650 49 7.
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