Haden Branch Railway was a branch railway line from Kingsthorpe to Goombungee and Haden in the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia.[1]
Kingsthorpe is about twenty kilometres from Toowoomba on the Western railway line. The Queensland Parliament approved a 33-kilometre (21 mi) branch line north to Goombungee and Haden in December 1908.
The initial railway stations were Cutella, Yalangur, Boodua, Nara, Kudo, Goombungee, Bergen, and Wahoon.[2]
First used on 21 December 1910, but officially opened in January 1911, the line terminated at Wahoon which was later renamed Haden after Alice Elizabeth Ruth Paget (née Haden), the wife of the railway minister Walter Paget.[3][4][1][5][6][7]
Between Goombungee and Haden, sidings were established at Weelu and Neuve. A thrice weekly mixed service was replaced in 1930 by a daily rail motor and a twice weekly goods train.
The branch closed from 1 May 1964 due no doubt to economic reasons.[citation needed]
^ ab"NEW RAILWAYS.: Drayton Deviation". The Telegraph. No. 11869. Queensland, Australia. 1 December 1910. p. 8 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 30 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS". The Telegraph. No. 11, 697. Queensland, Australia. 14 May 1910. p. 2 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 2 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Haden – population centre in Toowoomba Region (entry 15176)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
^Kerr, J. 'Triumph of Narrow Gauge' Boolarong Press 1990
^"GOOMBUNGEE LINE". The Telegraph. No. 11890. Queensland, Australia. 26 December 1910. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Goombungee Line". The Telegraph. No. 11, 905. Queensland, Australia. 12 January 1911. p. 6. Retrieved 2 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^"GOOMBUNGEE LINE". The Telegraph. No. 11906. Queensland, Australia. 13 January 1911. p. 9. Retrieved 2 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
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