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BURRA LINE
When
did scheduled passenger services cease
for Burra?
Last
passenger service through Burra-up
Peterborough train, Sat.13-12-1986,
Bluebird cars 106-260.(Recorder Feb
1987)
When
did freight operations cease to/from the
Burra line?
Freight
operations ceased late 2005-ARG
abandoned grain trains prior 2005-2006
harvest between Roseworthy and Burra, (Catchpoint
March 2006)
Last grain trains to Burra circa Jan
1999 (Catchpoint Jan.1999)
Grain
trains to Farrell Flat, Saddleworth and
Tarlee between Jan. 1999 and 31-10-
2005.
Last train to Saddleworth hauled by
locos 906 and 902, (Catchpoint Jan
2006)
When
did the last light engine run over the
Burra line? Light
engines to Burra CK4 on 21-5-2003,
841 on 26-9-2003, 843 on
12-3-2004. When
was the line beyond Burra taken up?
Line
taken up beyond Burra 1992.
Line closures-Burra to Hallett
14-11-1990.
Hallett to
Peterborough 10-8-1988 (Official date
is 26-7-1988)
When
was the line officially closed?
Line
officially closed: ARG just abandoned
line as above but ARG, later GWA could
have advised the State Government
formally in which case the State owns
the line, no official closure date is known
and most likely no such date.
Bluebird
connecting services to Indian Pacific
ran via Burra from 3rd March 1970 to
16th May 1984
from the Adelaide Railway Station.
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