Английская Википедия:Eugowra railway line
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The Eugowra railway line is a closed railway line in New South Wales, Australia. The Шаблон:Convert branch line joins the Blayney–Demondrille line at Cowra.[1]
Construction
The Cowra to Canowindra Railway Act was passed on 15 December 1908.[2] Land acquisitions proceeded rapidly, with the first sod of the new lined turned at Cowra West on 11 January 1909.[3] John Bradfield, who went on to design the Sydney Harbour Bridge, prepared layout plans as assistant engineer on the project.[4] The line was built to so-called "pioneer" standards – earth ballasted with no fences.[1]
The Шаблон:Convert branch line to Canowindra was opened with great fanfare on 4 July 1910.[5] The opening of the line proved an economic boon to the town, with Canowindra's population increasing from 400 prior to 1900, to 1500 and rising in 1911.[4]
An extension to Eugowra was opened on 11 December 1922.[6] Further extensions to link up with the Main Western Line, one at Gregra and another at Parkes, were approved in 1924, but never built.[4]
Freight and passenger services
Due to the relative shortness of the branch, the main use of the line was for grain haulage rather than passengers.
In 1927, a rail-motor coach replaced steam locomotives for passenger transport. The "Tin Hare", as the coach was affectionately known, provided a daily return service on weekdays between Cowra and Eugowra. With improving road transport links, demand for passenger services on the line gradually decreased. In the years leading up to the service's cessation on 10 August 1974, the few passengers that used the service had been carried in the brake carriage of the regular grain service.[1][4]
Freight services continued into the 1990s. A washout near Eugowra in 1991 resulted in the line being truncated at Trajere. The entire line was closed by the end of the year.[1] The Lachlan Valley Railway operated a tourist railway on the line from 1994. Floods in 2001 damaged a bridge at Cucumber Creek, closing the line permanently. As of 2014, there are no plans to reopen the branch.[1]
References
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- Английская Википедия
- Closed regional railway lines in New South Wales
- Standard gauge railways in Australia
- Railway lines opened in 1922
- Railway lines closed in 1991
- Blayney–Demondrille railway line
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