The Monarto to Sedan Railway Line 2026
The Sedan railway line was originally a broad-gauge railway line on the South Australian Railways network. It branched off from the Adelaide to Wolseley line at Monarto South to head 70 kilometres north to Sedan. The line opened from Monarto South to Sedan in 1919. The original stations were at Pallamana, Tepko, Apamurra, Milendella, Sanderston, […]
Gawler to Morgan Line Image Gallery
Adelaide’s first railway line to the country and to the river. South Australia’s first northern railway line opened in 1860 from Gawler to Kapunda to service the mines there. It was extended to Morgan in 1878 to create a more efficient connection between Adelaide and the River Murray paddle steamer trade. The paddle steamer trade […]
The Ouyen to Pinnaroo Line
The Ouyen to Kow Plains railway was the first railway line in Victoria built ahead of settlement, similar to many lines in the region. Construction of the line began in 1909 and was completed from Ouyen to Murrayville in 1912 and extended to Pinnaroo in 1915. The line was built by the South Australian Railways from Pinnaroo. but trains on the […]
The Junee to Hay Railway Line
The Hay railway line branches from the Main South line at Junee, and travels west through Coolamon and Narrandera to Yanco and out across the plains to Hay. The first train arrived in Hay in 1882, marking the beginning of the end of the riverboat trade in southern NSW. At Yanco, the still-open Yanco to […]
The North Coast Line – Murwillumbah Branch
Introduction Welcome back to Outdoorstype. This time, I’m travelling through the sugarcane country in Murwillumbah, exploring the history and scenic beauty of the old branch line. In a recent YouTube video, I follow the railway from Murwillumbah, winding through the stunning Northern New South Wales countryside, down to its junction with the main line at […]