Status Closed Opened 18 December 1914 Locale Murray Mallee | Continues from Barmera line Closed 7 December 1990 | |
System South Australian Railways Operator(s) South Australian Railways
Australian National Terminis Peebinga, South Australia, Karoonda | ||
The Peebinga railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network. It opened on 28 December 1914 from a junction with the Barmera line at Karoonda and ran generally eastward through the Murray Mallee terminating at Peebinga, two kilometres from the Victorian state border. It closed on 7 December 1990.
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Route
The railway ran easterly from Karoonda then north-easterly, serving to open up for agriculture the lands between the Pinnaroo line which had opened in 1906 and the Barmera line which was still under construction when approval was granted for the Peebinga line. The Peebinga line was 106.2 kilometres (66.0 mi) long and construction estimated to cost £207,000 plus £56,690 for rolling stock. The net operating loss was forecast as £11,804 per annum however this was considered acceptable for making agriculture possible on 621,000 acres (2,510 km2) of previously undeveloped land.
Towns were established along the route with railway stations and schools however none of these have survived as towns.
Possible extension
Consideration was given in 1927/28 to a suggestion of extending the line from Peebinga across the state border into Victoria and northward to Morkalla to connect with what became the Victorian Railways' Morkalla line which at that time terminated at Meringur.