Canungra railway line explained

Status:Closed
Locale:South East Queensland
Start:Logan Village
End:Canungra
Continuesfrom:Beaudesert line
Open:2 July 1915
Close:1 June 1955
Owner:Queensland Rail
Operator:Queensland Rail
Linelength Km:33.1
Map State:collapsed

The Canungra railway line was a branch railway in South East Queensland, Australia. It connected Logan Village on the Beaudesert line and Canungra.

Canungra was the centre of regional timber production from the 1860s with a large sawmill completed in 1885. The private Laheys Tramway, carrying timber from nearby forests to Canungra, opened in 1900. By 1911 there were 18 bullock teams moving sawn timber between Canungra and the railway at Logan Village.[1]

A railway from Logan Village to Canungra was first proposed in 1900 with a survey commissioned in 1908.[2] [3] In 1911 the Queensland Government decided to construct the Canungra branch line from Logan Village railway station on the Beaudesert line to Canungra.[4] Construction began in 1913 and the line opened to Canungra on 2 July 1915.[5] [6] [7]

Timber traffic started to decline from 1923 and most of the timber in the area had been cut by the 1940s.[8] There was substantial traffic on the line during the Pacific War after the Jungle Warfare Training Centre opened at Canungra in November 1942. Traffic declined after World War II, and the line closed on 1 July 1955.[6] [7] [9]

Route

!Station!Coordinates!Notes
Logan Village[10]
Plunkett[11]
Tamborine
Bromfleet
Boyland
Wonglepong
Benobble
Canungra[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Forest Industry Heritage Places Study: Sawmills and Tramways, South Eastern Queensland. John Kerr. Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. 1998. 226.
  2. News: 10 August 1900. The Brisbane Courier. Friday August 10, 1900. Brisbane Courier.
  3. News: Proposed Canungra Railway. Brisbane Courier. 11 June 1908.
  4. News: SKETCHER.. 25 November 1911. The Queenslander. 2 April 2020. Queensland, Australia. 15. Trove.
  5. Book: Kerr, John. Triumph of narrow gauge : a history of Queensland Railways. 1990. Boolarong Publications. 978-0-86439-102-5. 224.
  6. "The Canungra Branch" Australian Railway History January 1993 pp12-19
  7. Book: Quinlan. Howard. Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Newland. John. 2000. Australian Railway Historical Society. 0909650497. Redfern. 38.
  8. Book: Heritage Trails of the Great South East. Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. 2000. 0-7345-1008-X. 16.
  9. News: 15 January 1955 . 6 State Branch Railway lines To Be Closed . 8 June 2024 . . Queensland, Australia . 1 . National Library of Australia . LXXV.
  10. 4 July 2020.
  11. Web site: 1954. Tamborine. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200402114337/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-tamborine-ed-2-1954.jpg. 2 April 2020. 4 July 2020. Queensland Government. Map.
  12. The Canungra Branch Milne, Rod Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, January 1993 pp12-19