Upper Darling Range Railway

Upper Darling Range Railway
G118 at the Kalamunda Historical Village on the site of Kalamunda station
Overview
System	Western Australian Government Railways
Status	Dismantled
Termini	Midland Junction Karragullen
Operation
Opened	July 1891
Closed	22 July 1949
Technical
Line length	35 kilometres
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Upper Darling Range Railway
to Perth Guildford Forrestfield freight line to Northam Bushmead Ridge Hill Statham's Quarry Kalamunda Zig Zag No 1 points No 2 points No 3 points No 4 points Gooseberry Hill Kalamunda South Kalamunda Walliston Bickely Carmel Pickering Brook to Barton's Mill Canning Mills Karragullen

The Upper Darling Range Railway (also known as the Upper Darling Range Branch) was a branch railway from Midland Junction, Western Australia, that rose up the southern side of the Helena Valley and on to the Darling Scarp via the Kalamunda Zig Zag. At the time of construction it was the only section of railway in Western Australia to have had a zig zag formation.

Completed in July 1891, the Upper Darling Range Railway line was built by the Canning Jarrah Timber Company to supply railway sleepers to Perth's growing railway system. It ran from Midland Junction railway station through to the Darling Ranges and up into Kalamunda. It was later extended to Canning Mills and in 1912 to Karragullen. From Pickering Brook, a line branched off to Bartons Mill.

On 1 July 1903, the line was taken over by the Western Australian Government Railways and became known as the Upper Darling Range Branch. The last service ran on 22 July 1949 with the line formally closed with the passing of the Railways (Upper Darling Range) Discontinuance Act in 1950 and dismantled in 1952.

Named stopping places and locations on the line included: