The Donnybrook–Katanning railway was a railway line in the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia, between Donnybrook and Katanning.
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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