The railway station at Clare in September 1918, a month after the first section of the Spalding line opened to Clare.
Overview
Status
Closed
Termini
Riverton
Spalding
Continues from
Peterborough line
Service
System
South Australian Railways
Operator(s)
South Australian Railways Australian National
History
Opened
Riverton-Clare: 5 July 1918 Clare-Spalding: 9 January 1922
Closed
17 April 1984
Technical
Line length
83.8 km (52.1 mi)
Track gauge
1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Route map
Spalding
Broughton River
Andrews
Hilltown
Barinia siding
Whitehut siding
Clare
Clare Showground siding
Sevenhill
Tatkana siding
Penwortham
Watervale
Leasingham
Milkurri siding
Wakefield River
Auburn
Rices Creek
Pine Creek
to Burra & Peterborough
Riverton
Roseworthy–Peterborough line
to Roseworthy & Adelaide
broad gauge
standard gauge
3 ft 6 in narrow gauge
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The Spalding railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network which branched from the Peterborough line at Riverton and passed through the Clare Valley to Spalding. The line opened from Riverton to Clare on 5 July 1918, being extended to Spalding on 9 January 1922. The cessation of railway services was a consequence of the Ash Wednesday bushfires in February 1983, which caused major damage to infrastructure between Sevenhill and Penwortham. The line was formally closed on 17 April 1984.[1]
^Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 55. ISBN 0-909650-49-7.
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