Status Dismantled Closed 22 July 1949 Line length 35,000 m | Opened July 1891 Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | |
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System Western Australian Government Railways Terminis Karragullen, Midland Junction railway station | ||
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.
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History
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.
Stopping places
Named stopping places and locations on the line included: