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Beaudesert railway line

Beaudesert line
Beaudesert railway line at Veresdale.jpg
The disused Beaudesert railway line with
the remains of Veresdale station in the background
Operation
Opened 15 May 1888 (1888-05-15)
Closed August 2004
Technical
Line length 43 km (27 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map
Bethania (Left arrow Beenleigh line Right arrow)
QR Services Depot
0.6 km
1.0 km Logan River Road
3.0 km Waterford
3.9 km Logan River
6.0 km Buccan
11.0 km Logan Village
Canungra Line
22.0 km Jimboomba
23.0 km Mount Lindesay Highway
28.0 km Cedar Grove
32.0 km Woodhill
34.0 km Veresdale
37.0 km Gleneagle
43.0 km Beaudesert
(Down arrow Beaudesert Shire Tramway)

The Beaudesert railway line is a disused branch railway in South East Queensland, Australia. The first section opened in 1885, the line was completed in 1888 and operated as a Queensland Government Railways (QGR) line until 1996. A heritage operation was undertaken for a short period in 2003. The Canungra railway line connected at Logan Village between 1915 and 1955, and the Beaudesert Shire Tramway connected with the terminal between 1903 and 1944. A study was undertaken in 2010 by the Queensland government concerning a potential Salisbury to Beaudesert rail corridor as a long term potential proposal.

The 43 kilometre-long line branches off the Beenleigh Line at a triangular junction immediately south of Bethania station 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Brisbane, then progresses generally south-west to Jimboomba and then generally south to its terminus at Beaudesert.

In 1877, a line was proposed from Wacol to Logan Village, Beaudesert and Tamrookum. A trial survey was taken around 1881 with the route commencing from Goodna. This line proposed 1-in-30 (~3.3%) grades, the steepest on the QGR system at the time, as well as requiring a bridge over the Logan River.

The line as built commenced at Bethania on the Beenleigh railway line, south of the Logan River and had the advantage of being a shorter distance of new construction. The section from Bethania to Logan Village was opened on 21 September 1885, with the Logan Village to Beaudesert section opened on 16 May 1888.


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