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Sedan railway line

Sedan railway line
Overview
Status Closed
Termini Monarto South
Sedan
Continues from Adelaide-Wolseley line
Stations 8
Operation
Opened 13 October 1919
Closed
Operator(s)
Technical
Line length 69.7 km (43.3 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) (from 1996)
Old gauge 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Route map

blue converted to standard gauge

Sedan
Cambrai
Kanappa
Sanderston
Milendella
Apamurra
Tepko
Pallamana
Monarto South

blue converted to standard gauge

The Sedan railway line branched off from the South Australian Railways' Adelaide to Wolseley line at Monarto South running 70 kilometres north to Sedan.

The Sedan line opened Monarto South to Sedan on 13 October 1919. The original stations were at Pallamana, Tepko, Apamurra, Milendella, Sanderston, Kanappa, Cambrai, and Sedan, with station buildings and livestock loading facilities at Appamurra, Cambrai and Sedan.

On 1 June 1964, the line was curtailed to Cambrai, briefly reopening in 1967 to assist in the construction of the Swan Reach to Sedan pipeline. It was cut back further to Apamurra on 9 October 1987. Parts of the line between Apamurra and Cambrai were removed in 2001 by the Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society for use on its Stirling North to Port Augusta line.

In August 1995, work commenced to gauge covert the line south of Apamurra to standard gauge. It reopened on 20 November 1995. The line closed in the mid-2000s.


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