Railways in Western Australia were developed in the 19th century both by the Government of Western Australia and a number of private companies. Legislation concerning railways was passed by:[1]
The oldest recorded act of Parliament in Western Australia is the Civil Court of Western Australia (1832) act, an act for establishing a Court of Civil Judicature, assented to on 10 February 1832, under the first Governor of Western Australia, James Stirling. The first act to carry the word railway in its title was the Railways and Electric Telegraph Protection Act 1871, assented to on 12 January 1871, while the Geraldton and Northampton Railway Act 1873 was the first act to authorise the construction of a railway in Western Australia in 1873.[1]
The Railway (Coogee-Kwinana Railway) Discontinuance Act 1973, assented to on 6 June 1973, was the last railway-related act to use imperial units, the Railway (Kalgoorlie-Parkeston) Discontinuance and Land Revestment Act 1973, assented to on 6 November 1973, the first to use the metric system, as part of the overall change to the metric system in Australia.
The acts by the Governor of Western Australia and the Western Australian Legislative Council:
Title | Date of assent | Notes | Railway line[2] [3] [4] | Reference | |
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Railways and Electric Telegraph Protection Act 1871 | Protection of railways | — | [5] | ||
Railway Survey Act 1873 | Permits the surveying of land for the purpose of constructing a railway | — | [6] | ||
Railways Act 1873 | Authorised construction of railways and tramways | — | [7] | ||
Geraldton and Northampton Railway Act 1873 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Geraldton and Northampton | Northampton railway line | [8] | ||
Railway Supplementary Loan Act 1875 | Authorised raising the sum of ₤26,000 through a loan for the completion of the railway line between Geraldton and Northampton | Northampton railway line | [9] | ||
Railways Act amendment (1877) | Amendment to the Railways Act 1873 | — | [10] | ||
The Eastern Railway Act 1878 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Fremantle to Guildford | Eastern Railway | [11] | ||
Railways Act 1878 | Supersedes the Railways and Electric Telegraph Protection Act 1871, Railway Survey Act 1873 and Railways Act 1873 | – | [12] | ||
Railways Amendment Act 1879 | Amendment to the Railways Act 1878 | — | [13] | ||
Railways Amendment Act 1881 | Amendment to the Railways Act 1878 | — | [14] | ||
Eastern Railway Extension Act 1881 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Guildford to Chidlow's Well | Eastern Railway | [15] | ||
Railway Refreshment Room Licensing Act 1881 | Authorised the issuing of a certificate for a license to the keeper of a railway refreshment room | — | [16] | ||
Eastern Railway (Further) Amendment Act 1882 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Chidlow's Well to York | Eastern Railway | [17] | ||
Railways Amendment Act 1882 | Amendment to the Railways Act 1878 | — | [18] | ||
Eastern Railway Terminus Act 1883 | Alterations to the terminus of the railway line at York | Eastern Railway | [19] | ||
Beverley-Albany Railway Act 1884 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Beverley to Albany | Great Southern Railway | [20] | ||
Eastern Railway Further Extension Act 1885 | Authorised construction of the railway line from York to Beverley | Eastern Railway | [21] | ||
Geraldton-Greenough Railway Act 1886 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Geraldton to Greenough | Midland railway line | [22] | ||
Eastern Railway, Spencer's Brook-Northam Branch Act 1886 | Authorised construction of the branch line from Spencer's Brook to Northam | Eastern Railway | [23] | ||
The Guildford-Greenough Flats Railway Act 1886 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Guildford to Greenough | Midland railway line | [24] | ||
Railway Servants Act 1887 | Empowers the Commissioner of Railways to appoint and dismiss certain classes of railway servants | — | [25] | ||
Bunbury Railway Act 1887 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Bunbury to Boyanup | Bunbury Railway | [26] | ||
Clackline-Newcastle Railway Act 1887 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Clackline to Newcastle (now Toodyay) | Clackline to Miling railway line | [27] | ||
Geraldton and Northampton Railway Amendment Act 1888 | Authorised the alteration of the route of the railway line from Geraldton and Northampton | Northampton railway line | [28] | ||
Beverley-Albany Railway contract (1888) | Confirmed the contract and defined the route of the railway line from Beverley to Albany | Great Southern Railway | [29] | ||
Railways Amendment Act 1888 | Provided for the construction of accommodation works on railway lines | — | [30] | ||
Railway Act 1889 | Provided for the management and working of railways | — | [31] |
Acts by the Parliament of Western Australia:
Title | Date of assent | Notes | Railway line | Reference | |
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South-Western Railway Act 1891 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Bayswater to Bunbury | South Western Railway | [32] | ||
Boyanup-Busselton Railway Act 1892 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Boyanup to Busselton | Flinders Bay Branch Railway | [33] | ||
Boyanup-Minninup Railway Act 1892 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Boyanup to Minninup Bridge (Donnybrook) | Northcliffe Branch railway | [34] | ||
Yilgarn Railway Act 1892 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Northam to Southern Cross | Eastern Goldfields Railway | [35] | ||
Geraldton-Mullewa Railway Act 1892 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Geraldton to Mullewa | Geraldton to Mullewa railway line | [36] | ||
South-Western Railway Act 1891 Amendment Act 1892 | Authorised the alteration of the route of a railway line from Bayswater to Bunbury | South Western Railway | [37] | ||
Railways Act 1878 amendment (1892) | Amendment to the Railways Act 1878 | — | [38] | ||
Perth Railway Crossing Improvement Act 1892 | Authorised construction of the Barrack Street Bridge | — | [39] | ||
Midland Railway Loan Act 1893 | Authorised a loan to the Midland Railway Company to construct the railway line from Guildford to Walkaway | Midland railway line | [40] | ||
Railways Amendment Act 1893 | Amendment to the Railways Act 1878 | — | [41] | ||
Eastern Railway Improvement Act 1893 | Authorised alterations of the railway line | Eastern Railway | [42] | ||
Railways Acts Amendment Act 1894 | Amendment to the Railways Act 1878 | — | [43] | ||
Mullewa-Cue Railway Act 1894 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Mullewa to Cue | Mullewa to Meekatharra railway line | [44] | ||
Southern Cross-Coolgardie Railway Act 1894 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Southern Cross to Coolgardie | Eastern Goldfields Railway | [45] | ||
Railway and Theatre Refreshment Rooms Licensing Act 1895 | Regulates licensing for railway and theatre refreshment rooms | — | [46] | ||
Coolgardie-Kalgoorlie Railway Act 1895 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Coolgardie to Kalgoorlie | Eastern Goldfields Railway | [47] | ||
Donnybrook-Bridgetown Railway Act 1895 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Donnybrook to Bridgetown | Northcliffe Branch railway | [48] | ||
Collie Coalfields Railway Act 1895 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Brunswick Junction to Collie | Brunswick Junction to Narrogin railway line | [49] | ||
Streets and Roads Closure (Eastern Railway) Act 1896 | Authorised the closure of parts of streets along the railway line | Eastern Goldfields Railway | [50] | ||
Cue-Nannine Railway Act 1896 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Cue to Nannine | Mullewa to Meekatharra railway line | [51] | ||
Railways Amendment Act 1896 | Amendment to the Railways Amendment Act 1879 | — | [52] | ||
Kalgoorlie-Kanowna Railway Act 1896 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Kalgoorlie to Kanowna | Kalgoorlie to Kanowna railway line | [53] | ||
York-Greenhills Railway Act 1896 | Authorised construction of the railway line from York to Greenhills | York to Bruce Rock railway line | [54] | ||
Perth Racecourse Railway Act 1896 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Bayswater to Perth Racecourse (Ascot) | Belmont railway line | [55] | ||
Great Southern Railway Purchase Act (1896) | Purchase of the interest of the West Australian Land Company, including the railway line from Beverley to Albany | Great Southern Railway | [56] | ||
Kalgoorlie-Menzies Railway Act 1896 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Kalgoorlie to Menzies | Kalgoorlie to Leonora railway line | [57] | ||
Bunbury Racecourse Railway Act 1897 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Bunbury to Bunbury Racecourse | [58] | |||
Collie Quarry Railway Act 1897 | Authorised construction of a short connection of railway line from the South Western to the Brunswick Junction to Collie railway line | Brunswick Junction to Narrogin railway line | [59] | ||
Kalgoorlie-Gnumballa Lake and Boulder Townsite Loop Railways Act 1897 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Kalgoorlie to Gnumballa Lake (Hannan's Lake or Lakeside) and a loop railway to Boulder | Kalgoorlie-Gnumballa Lake railway line | [60] | ||
Fremantle-Owen's Anchorage Railway Act 1897 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Fremantle to Owen's Anchorage, south of Fremantle (towards Robbs Jetty) | Fremantle line | [61] | ||
Railways Amendment Act 1897 | Amendment to the Railways Act 1878 | — | [62] | ||
Northam-Goomalling Railway Act 1899 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Northam to Goomalling | Northam to Goomalling railway line | [63] | ||
Menzies-Leonora Railway Act 1899 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Menzies to Leonora | Kalgoorlie to Leonora railway line | [64] | ||
Fremantle Harbour Works Rocky Bay-Rous Head Additional Line of Railway Act 1899 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Rocky Bay to Rous Head, Fremantle Harbour | Fremantle line | [65] | ||
Railways Amendment Act 1900 | Amendment to the Railways Amendment Act 1881 | — | [66] | ||
Brown Hill Loop Kalgoorlie-Gnumballa Lake Railway Act 1900 | Authorised construction of a loop railway line from Hannan's Street Station to Kamballie Station, Kalgoorlie | Kalgoorlie-Gnumballa Lake railway line | [67] | ||
Railway and Theatre Refreshment Rooms Licensing Act Amendment Act 1902 | Amendment to the Railway and Theatre Refreshment Rooms Licensing Act 1895 | — | [68] | ||
Railways Acts Amendment Act 1902 | Amendment to the Railways Acts | — | [69] | ||
Robb's Jetty-Woodman's Point Railway Act 1902 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Robbs Jetty to Woodman Point | Fremantle line | [70] | ||
Malcolm-Laverton Railway Act 1902 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Malcolm to Laverton | Malcolm to Laverton railway line | [71] | ||
Collie - Collie-Boulder Railway Act 1902 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Collie to Collie-Boulder | Brunswick Junction to Narrogin railway line (spur) | [72] | ||
Trans-Australian Railway Enabling Act (1903) | Enables the Parliament of the Commonwealth to pass laws authorising construction of a railway line from Kalgoorlie to the state border and a spur line to Eucla | Trans-Australian Railway | [73] | ||
Collie-Narrogin Railway Act 1904 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Collie to Narrogin | Brunswick Junction to Narrogin railway line | [74] | ||
Jandakot Railway Act 1904 | Spearwood–Armadale railway line | [75] | |||
Government Railways Act 1904 | Consolidation and amendment of the law relating to the maintenance and management of government railways | — | [76] | ||
Wagin-Dumbleyung Railway Act 1905 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Wagin to Dumbleyung | Wagin to Newdegate railway line | [77] | ||
Goomalling-Dowerin Railway Act 1905 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Goomalling to Dowerin | Goomalling to West Merredin railway line | [78] | ||
Katanning-Kojonup Railway Act 1905 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Katanning to Kojonup | Donnybrook to Katanning railway line | [79] | ||
Coolgardie-Norseman Railway Act 1906 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Coolgardie to Norseman | Esperance Branch Railway | [80] | ||
Hopetoun-Ravensthorpe Railway Act 1906 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Hopetoun to Ravensthorpe | Hopetoun to Ravensthorpe railway line | [81] | ||
Donnybrook-Preston Valley Railway Act 1906 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Donnybrook to Boyup Brook | Donnybrook to Katanning railway line | [82] | ||
Greenhills-Quairading Railway Act 1906 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Greenhills to Quairading | York to Bruce Rock railway line | [83] | ||
Jandakot-Armadale Railway Act 1906 | Spearwood–Armadale railway line | [84] | |||
Perth Railway Crossing Amendment Act 1906 | Amendment to the Perth Railway Crossing Improvement Act 1892, authorised demolishing and rebuilding of the Barrack Street Bridge | — | [85] | ||
Port Hedland-Marble Bar Railway Act 1907 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Port Hedland to Marble Bar | Marble Bar Railway | [86] | ||
Collie-Narrogin Railway amendment (1907) | Amendment to the Collie-Narrogin Railway Act 1904 | Brunswick Junction to Narrogin railway line | [87] | ||
Mt. Magnet-Black Range Railway Act 1907 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Mount Magnet to Sandstone | Sandstone branch railway line | [88] | ||
Pinjarra-Marrinup Railway Act 1907 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Pinjarra to Marrinup | Pinjarra to Narrogin railway | [89] | ||
Wonnerup-Nannup Railway Act 1907 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Jarrahwood to Nannup | Nannup Branch Railway | [90] | ||
Narrogin-Wickepin Railway Act 1907 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Narrogin to Wickepin | Merredin to Narrogin railway line | [91] | ||
Government Railways Amendment Act 1907 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [92] | ||
Newcastle-Bolgart Railway Act 1907 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Newcastle (now Toodyay) to Bolgart | Newcastle to Bolgart railway section of the Clackline to Miling railway line | [93] | ||
Bridgetown-Wilgarrup Railway Act 1909 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Bridgetown to Wilgarrup | Northcliffe Branch railway | [94] | ||
Upper Chapman Railway Act 1909 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Glenfield to Naraling | Upper Chapman Valley railway line | [95] | ||
Nannine-Meekatharra Railway Act 1909 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Nannine to Meekatharra | Mullewa to Meekatharra railway line | [96] | ||
Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Limited Lease Act 1909 | Grants a special lease of land to the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company in North Fremantle | — | [97] | ||
Boyup-Kojonup Railway Act 1909 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Boyup Brook to Kojonup | Donnybrook to Katanning railway line | [98] | ||
Goomalling-Wongan Hills Railway Act 1909 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Goomalling to Wongan Hills | Avon Yard to Mullewa railway line | [99] | ||
Dowerin-Merredin Railway Act 1909 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Dowerin to Merredin | Goomalling to West Merredin railway line | [100] | ||
Southern Cross-Bullfinch Railway Act 1910 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Southern Cross to Bullfinch | Wyalkatchem to Southern Cross railway line | [101] | ||
Bridgetown-Wilgarrup Railway Extension Act 1911 | Authorised construction of a 5km (03miles) extension of the railway line south of Wilgarrup | Northcliffe Branch railway | [102] | ||
Katanning-Nampup Railway Act 1911 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Katanning to Nampup (now Nyabing) | Katanning to Pingrup railway line | [103] | ||
Quairading-Nunajin Railway Act 1911 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Quairading to Nunajin, later renamed Bruce Rock | York to Bruce Rock railway line | [104] | ||
Wagin-Dumbleyung Railway Extension Act 1911 | Authorising construction of an extension from Dumbleyung to Kukerin | Wagin to Newdegate railway line | [105] | ||
Wickepin-Merredin Railway Act 1911 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Wickepin to Merredin | Merredin to Narrogin railway line | [106] | ||
Tambellup-Ongerup Railway Act 1911 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Tambellup to Ongerup | Ongerup Branch Railway | [107] | ||
Northampton-Ajana Railway Act 1911 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Northampton to Ajana | Northampton railway line | [108] | ||
Naraling-Yuna Railway Act 1911 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Naraling to Yuna | Upper Chapman Valley railway line | [109] | ||
Brookton-Kunjinn Railway Act 1911 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Brookton to Kunjinn | Brookton to Corrigin railway | [110] | ||
Wongan Hills-Mullewa Railway Act 1911 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Wongan Hills to Mullewa | Avon Yard to Mullewa railway line | [111] | ||
Dwellingup-Hotham Railway Act 1911 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Dwellingup to Hotham | Pinjarra to Narrogin railway | [112] | ||
Marrinup Branch Railway Act 1911 | Declared a section of the railway line from Pinjarra to Marrinup as open | Pinjarra to Narrogin railway | [113] | ||
Trans-Continental Railway Act 1911 | Consent to the construction of the Western Australian section of the railway line from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta | Trans-Australian Railway | [114] | ||
Upper Darling Range Railway Extension Act 1911 | Authorised construction of an extension of the railway line from Canning Mills | Upper Darling Range Railway | [115] | ||
Hotham-Crossman Railway Act 1911 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Hotham to Crossman | Pinjarra to Narrogin railway | [116] | ||
Yillimining-Kodinin Railway Act 1911 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Yilliminning to Kondinin | Merredin to Yilliminning railway line | [117] | ||
Fremantle-Kalgoorlie (Merredin-Coolgardie Section) Railway Act 1912 | Eastern Goldfields Railway | [118] | |||
Wagin-Bowelling Railway Act 1912 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Wagin to Bowelling | Wagin to Bowelling railway line | [119] | ||
Newcastle-Bolgart Railway Extension Act 1912 | Authorised construction of a 50km (30miles) extension of the railway line from Bolgart | Clackline to Miling railway line | [120] | ||
Hotham-Crossman Railway Extension Act 1912 | Authorised construction of a 8.8km (05.5miles) extension of the railway line from Crossman | Pinjarra to Narrogin railway | [121] | ||
Wyalcatchem-Mount Marshall Railway Act 1912 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Wyalcatchem to Bencubbin | Wyalkatchem to Southern Cross railway line | [122] | ||
Flinders Bay-Margaret River Railway Act 1913 | Authorised the purchase by the Government of the Flinders Bay-Margaret River Railway | Flinders Bay Branch Railway | [123] | ||
Railway Survey Act 1913 | Authorised the survey of certain railways | — | [124] | ||
Eastern Railway siding (1914) | Authorised construction, maintenance and working of a siding at East Perth | Eastern Railway | [125] | ||
Wagin-Kukerin Railway Extension Act 1914 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Kukerin to Lake Grace | Wagin to Newdegate railway line | [126] | ||
Pinjarra-Dwarda Railway Extension Act 1914 | Authorised construction of the railway line extension from Dwarda to Narrogin | Pinjarra to Narrogin railway | [127] | ||
Yilliminning-Kondinin Railway Extension Act 1914 | Authorised construction of the railway line extension from Kondinin to Merredin | Merredin to Yilliminning railway line | [128] | ||
Esperance Northwards Railway Act 1914 | Authorised construction of a 97km (60miles) railway line extension from Esperance | Esperance Branch Railway | [129] | ||
Katanning-Nyabing Railway Extension Act 1914 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Nyabing to Pingrup | Katanning to Pingrup railway line | [130] | ||
Boyanup-Busselton Railway Extension Act 1914 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Busselton to Margaret River | Flinders Bay Branch Railway | [131] | ||
Newcastle-Bolgart Railway Extension Act 1915 | Authorised construction of a 7km (04miles) extension of the railway line from Bolgart | Clackline to Miling railway line | [132] | ||
Flinders Bay-Margaret River Railway Act 1916 | Confirmed the purchase by the Government of the Flinders Bay-Margaret River Railway | Flinders Bay Branch Railway | [133] | ||
Midland Railway Act 1919 | Vest in the Midland Railway Company of Western Australia the lands acquired for the purpose of its railway | Midland railway line | [134] | ||
Ajana-Geraldine Railway Act 1919 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Ajana to the Surprise mine at Geraldine | Ajana to Geraldine railway line | [135] | ||
Wyalcatchem-Mount Marshall Railway Extension Act 1919 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Bencubbin to Mukinbudin | Wyalkatchem to Southern Cross railway line | [136] | ||
Piawaning Northwards Railway Act 1920 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Piawaning to Miling | Clackline to Miling railway line | [137] | ||
Railways Classification Board Act 1920 | Provided for a Board for the classification of the salaried staff of the Government Railways | — | [138] | ||
Meekatharra-Horseshoe Railway Act 1920 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Meekatharra to the Horseshoe mine, north-west of Peak Hill | Mekatharra to Horseshoe railway line | [139] | ||
Railway Siding (North Fremantle) Act 1922 | Authorised construction, maintenance and working of a siding at North Fremantle | Fremantle line | [140] | ||
Wyalcatchem-Mount Marshall Railway (Extension No. 2) Act 1922 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Mukinbudin to Lake Brown | Wyalkatchem to Southern Cross railway line | [141] | ||
Esperance Northwards Railway Extension Act 1922 | Authorised construction of a 10km (10miles) railway line extension to Salmon Gums | Esperance Branch Railway | [142] | ||
Busselton-Margaret River Railway Deviation Act 1922 | Authorised a deviation of the railway line | Flinders Bay Branch Railway | [143] | ||
Albany-Denmark Railway Extension Act 1923 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Denmark to Nornalup | Elleker to Nornalup railway line | [144] | ||
Bridgetown-Jarnadup Railway Extension Act 1923 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Jarnadup (now Jardee) to Northcliffe | Northcliffe Branch railway | [145] | ||
Pinjarra-Dwarda Railway Extension Act Amendment Act 1923 | Amendment to the Pinjarra-Dwarda Railway Extension Act 1914 | Pinjarra to Narrogin railway | [146] | ||
Busselton-Margaret River Railway Deviation No. 2 Act 1923 | Authorised a deviation of the railway line | Flinders Bay Branch Railway | [147] | ||
Flinders Bay-Margaret River Railway Deviation No. 1 Act 1923 | Authorised a deviation of the railway line | Flinders Bay Branch Railway | [148] | ||
Geraldton Harbour Works Railway Act 1923 | Authorised construction of the railway line in connection to the Geraldton Harbour works | Geraldton Harbour works railway line | [149] | ||
Lake Grace-Newdegate Railway Act 1923 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Lake Grace to Newdegate | Wagin to Newdegate railway line | [150] | ||
Brookton-Dale River Railway Act 1923 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Brookton to the Dale River (surveyed but not constructed) | Brookton to Armadale railway line | [151] [152] [153] | ||
Yarramony-Eastward Railway Act 1923 | Authorised construction of a 137km (85miles) railway line from Yarramony (surveyed but not constructed) | Yarramony eastward railway line | [154] [155] | ||
Waroona-Lake Clifton Railway Act 1924 | Authorised the discontinuance of the railway line | Waroona to Lake Clifton railway line | [156] | ||
Norseman-Salmon Gums Railway Act 1924 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Norseman to Salmon Gums | Esperance Branch Railway | [157] | ||
Lake Brown-Bullfinch Railway Act 1926 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Lake Brown to Bullfinch | Wyalkatchem to Southern Cross railway line | [158] | ||
Ejanding Northwards Railway Act 1926 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Ejanding to Kalannie, with a spur line from Burakin to Kulja |
| [159] | ||
Boyup Brook-Cranbrook Railway Act 1926 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Boyup Brook to Cranbrook (surveyed and partially constructed but not completed) | Boyup Brook to Cranbrook railway line | [160] [161] | ||
Manjimup Mount Barker Railway Act 1926 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Manjimup to Mount Barker (not constructed) | Manjimup to Mount Barker railway line | [162] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1926 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [163] | ||
Leighton-Robb's Jetty Railway Act 1927 | Authorised construction of 14km (09miles) of railway line and branch line from Leighton to Robbs Jetty (not constructed) | Fremantle line | [164] | ||
Meekatharra-Wiluna Railway Act 1927 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Meekatharra to Wiluna | Meekatharra to Wiluna railway | [165] | ||
Kulja Eastward Railway Act 1928 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Kulja to Bonnie Rock | Buraking to Bonnie Rock railway line | [166] | ||
Railways Discontinuance Act 1928 | Authorised partial closure of two railway lines in Western Australia |
| [167] | ||
Quarry Railway Extension Act 1928 | Authorised construction of a railway to extend the Fremantle Harbour works quarry railway to North Fremantle | Fremantle line | [168] | ||
Lake Grace-Karlgarin Railway Act 1928 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Lake Grace to Karlgarin | Lake Grace to Hyden railway line | [169] | ||
Yuna-Dartmoor Railway Act 1933 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Yuna to Dartmoor (surveyed but not constructed) | Upper Chapman Valley railway line | [170] [171] | ||
Southern Cross Southwards Railway Act 1933 | Authorised construction of 45km (28miles) of railway line south of Southern Cross (surveyed but not constructed) | Southern Cross southwards railway line | [172] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1933 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [173] | ||
Bunbury Racecourse Railway Discontinuance Act 1935 | Authorised the discontinuance of the railway line | [174] | |||
Railways Classification Board Act Amendment Act 1935 | Amendment to the Railways Classification Board Act 1920 | — | [175] | ||
Cue-Big Bell Railway Act 1936 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Cue to Big Bell | Cue to Big Bell railway line | [176] | ||
Geraldton Harbour Works Railway Extension Act 1939 | Authorised construction of a railway line to extend the Geraldton Harbour works railway to the industrial area of Geraldton | Geraldton Harbour works railway line | [177] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1939 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [178] | ||
Railways Classification Board Act Amendment Act 1945 | Amendment to the Railways Classification Board Act 1920 | — | [179] | ||
Railway (Hopetoun-Ravensthorpe) Discontinuance Act 1946 | Authorised the discontinuance of the railway line from Hopetoun to Ravensthorpe | Hopetoun to Ravensthorpe railway line | [180] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1947 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [181] | ||
Railway (Brown Hill Loop Kalgoorlie-Gnumballa Lake) Discontinuance Act 1948 | Authorised the discontinuance of the railway line from Kalgoorlie to Gnumballa Lake | Kalgoorlie-Gnumballa Lake railway line | [182] | ||
Railway (Mt.Magnet-Black Range) Discontinuance Act 1948 | Authorised the discontinuance of the railway line from Mount Magnet to Sandstone | Sandstone branch railway line | [183] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1948 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [184] | ||
Railways Classification Board Act Amendment Act 1950 | Amendment to the Railways Classification Board Act 1920 | — | [185] | ||
Railway (Port Hedland-Marble Bar) Discontinuance Act 1950 | Authorised the discontinuance of the railway line from Port Hedland to Marble Bar | Marble Bar Railway | [186] | ||
Welshpool-Bassendean Railway Act 1950 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Welshpool to Bassendean (not constructed) | Welshpool to Bassendean railway line | [187] | ||
Railway (Upper Darling Range) Discontinuance Act 1950 | Authorised the discontinuance of the railway line | Upper Darling Range Railway | [188] | ||
Muja-Centaur Coal Mine Railway Act 1951 | Authorised construction of a spur line from Muja to the Centaur coal mine | Brunswick Junction to Narrogin railway line (spur) | [189] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1951 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [190] | ||
Collie-Cardiff Railway Act 1951 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Collie-Cardiff to the Western No. 2 mine | Brunswick Junction to Narrogin railway line (spur) | [191] | ||
Railway (Mundaring-Mundaring Weir) Discontinuance Act 1952 | Authorised the discontinuance of the railway line from Mundaring to Mundaring Weir | Mundaring Weir Branch Railway | [192] | ||
Coogee-Kwinana Railway Act 1952 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Coogee to Kwinana | Kwinana freight railway | [193] | ||
Collie-Griffin Mine Railway Act 1953 | Authorised construction of the spur line from Collie to the Griffin mine | Brunswick Junction to Narrogin railway line (spur) | [194] | ||
Upper Darling Range Railway Lands Revestment Act 1953 | Revest in Her Majesty certain rights and land | Upper Darling Range Railway | [195] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1953 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [196] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1954 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [197] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1955 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [198] | ||
Belmont Branch Railway Discontinuance and Land Revestment Act 1956 | Authorised the discontinuance of the railway line from Bayswater to Belmont | Belmont Branch Railway | [199] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1957 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [200] | ||
Midland Junction-Welshpool Railway Act 1957 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Midland Junction to Welshpool | Midland Junction to Welshpool railway line | [201] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1958 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [202] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1958 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [203] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1959 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [204] | ||
Railways Classification Board Act Amendment Act 1959 | Amendment to the Railways Classification Board Act 1920 | — | [205] | ||
Kalgoorlie-Parkeston Railway Act 1959 | Authorised operation and maintenance of the railway line from Kalgoorlie to Parkeston | Kalgoorlie to Kanowna railway line | [206] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1960 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [207] | ||
Railways (Cue-Big Bell and other Railways) Discontinuance Act 1960 | Authorised closure of 13 railway lines in Western Australia |
| [208] | ||
Coogee-Kwinana (Deviation) Railway Act 1961 | Authorised construction of a railway deviating from the Coogee to Kwinana railway line | Kwinana freight railway | [209] | ||
Railway Standardisation Agreement Act 1961 | Approved certain agreements between the Commonwealth and the State in relation to the standardisation of certain railways | — | [210] | ||
Railways (Standard Gauge) Construction Act 1961 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Kalgoorlie to Kwinana, Midland Junction to East Perth, Kewdale to Kwinana and Kalgoorlie to Kamballie | — | [211] | ||
Spearwood-Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited Railway Act 1961 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Spearwood to the works site of Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited | Kwinana freight railway | [212] | ||
Kwinana-Mundijong-Jarrahdale Railway Act 1961 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Kwinana to Jarrahdale through Mundijong | Kwinana freight railway | [213] | ||
Tallering Peak-Mullewa Railway Act 1961 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Tallering Peak to Mullewa | Tallering Peak to Mullewa railway line | [214] | ||
Mount Goldsworthy-Ord Ranges-Depuch Island Railway Act 1962 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Mount Goldsworthy to Depuch Island and a spur line to the Ord Ranges | Goldsworthy railway | [215] | ||
Spencer's Brook-Northam Railway Extension Act 1963 | Authorised an extension of the Spencer’s Brook to Northam railway | Eastern Railway | [216] | ||
Railway (Portion of Tambellup-Ongerup Railway) Discontinuance and Land Revestment Act 1963 | Authorised the discontinuance of a portion of the railway line from Tambellup to Ongerup in Gnowangerup | Ongerup Branch Railway | [217] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1963 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [218] | ||
The Midland Railway Company of Western Australia Limited Acquisition Agreement Act 1963 | Approved an agreement between the Midland Railway Company of Western Australia, the State and the Commissioners of the Rural and Industries Bank of Western Australia | Midland railway line | [219] | ||
Railways (Standard Gauge) Construction Act Amendment Act 1963 | Amendment of the Railways (Standard Gauge) Construction Act 1961 | — | [220] | ||
Bellevue-Mount Helena Railway Discontinuance and Land Revestment Act 1964 | Authorised the discontinuance of the railway line from Bellevue to Mount Helena | Mundaring Branch Railway | [221] | ||
Bibra Lake-Armadale Railway Discontinuance and Land Revestment Act 1964 | Authorised the discontinuance of the railway line from Bibra Lake to Armadale | Spearwood–Armadale railway line | [222] | ||
Morawa-Koolanooka Hills Railway Act 1964 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Morawa to Koolanooka Hills | Morawa to Koolanooka Hills railway line | [223] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1965 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [224] | ||
Clackline-Bolgart and Bellevue-East Northam Railway Discontinuance and Land Revestment Act 1965 | Authorised the discontinuance of the railway lines from Clackline to Bolgart and from Bellevue to East Northam | [225] | |||
Industrial Lands (Kwinana) Railway Act 1966 | Authorised construction of a railway line at Kwinana | Kwinana freight railway | [226] | ||
Private Railways (Level Crossings) Act 1966 | Relats to level crossings over private railways | — | [227] | ||
Railway (Collie-Griffin Mine Railway) Discontinuance Act 1967 | Authorised closure of the spur line from Collie to the Griffin mine | Brunswick Junction to Narrogin railway line (spur) | [228] | ||
Railway (Midland-Walkaway Railway) Discontinuance Act 1967 | Authorised the discontinuance of a portion of the railway line from Midland to Walkaway | Midland railway line | [229] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1967 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [230] | ||
Kwinana-Mundijong-Jarrahdale Railway Extension Act 1967 | Authorised construction of an extension of the railway line from Kwinana to Jarrahdale through Mundijong | Kwinana freight railway | [231] | ||
Railways Discontinuance and Land Revestment Act 1968 | Authorised the discontinuance of portions of four railway lines |
| [232] | ||
Kwinana Loop Railway Act 1968 | Authorised construction of a loop railway line at the Kwinana Grain Terminal | Kwinana freight railway | [233] | ||
Mangles Bay Railway Act 1968 | Authorised construction of a railway line south of the Kwinana Grain Terminal | Kwinana freight railway | [234] | ||
Lake Lefroy (Coolgardie-Esperance Wharf) Railway Act 1969 | Authorised construction of a railway line to connect the Esperance Branch Railway to the Esperance land backed wharf and construction of a spur railway to Lake Lefroy | Esperance Branch Railway | [235] | ||
Bunbury Harbour (East Perth-Bunbury) Railway Act 1970 | Authorised construction of a spur railway line to the foreshore of the Bunbury Harbour and a railway line connecting that spur to the Bunbury station yard | South Western Railway | [236] | ||
Railways Discontinuance and Land Revestment Act 1970 | Authorised the discontinuance of a railway line and portions of another railway line |
| [237] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1970 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [238] | ||
West Kalgoorlie-Lake Lefroy Railway Act 1970 | Authorised construction of a railway between West Kalgoorlie and Lake Lefroy | West Kalgoorlie to Lake Lefroy railway line | [239] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1971 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [240] | ||
Railway Standardisation Agreement Act Amendment Act 1971 | Amendment to the Railway Standardisation Agreement Act 1961 | — | [241] | ||
West Kambalda Railway Act 1972 | Authorised construction of a spur railway line to the Western Mining Corporation mine site at West Kambalda | West Kalgoorlie to Lake Lefroy railway line | [242] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1972 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [243] | ||
Perth Regional Railway Act 1972 | Authorized the discontinuance of portion of the railway line from Fremantle to Guildford and construction of a Perth regional railway | Fremantle line | [244] | ||
Railway (Coogee-Kwinana Railway) Discontinuance Act 1973 | Authorized the discontinuance of the railway line from Coogee to Naval Base | Kwinana freight railway | [245] | ||
Railway (Kalgoorlie-Parkeston) Discontinuance and Land Revestment Act 1973 | Authorized the discontinuance of the railway line from Kalgoorlie to Parkeston | Kalgoorlie to Kanowna railway line | [246] | ||
Railway (Bunbury to Boyanup) Discontinuance, Revestment and Construction Act 1973 | Authorized the discontinuance of the railway line from Bunbury to Boyanup as well as construction of a railway line in the same section | Northcliffe Branch railway | [247] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1973 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [248] | ||
Alumina Refinery (Worsley) Agreement Act 1973 | Authorised construction of an alumina refinery at Worsley and an associated railway line from the refinery to the existing railway line between Brunswick Junction and Collie | Brunswick Junction to Narrogin railway line (spur) | [249] | ||
Dongara-Eneabba Railway Act 1974 | Authorised construction of a railway line from Dongara to Eneabba | Dongara–Eneabba railway line | [250] | ||
Railways Discontinuance and Land Revestment Act 1974 | Authorized the discontinuance of six railway lines |
| [251] | ||
Railways Discontinuance and Land Revestment Act 1975 | Authorized the discontinuance of the railway line from Dwellingup to Boddington | Pinjarra to Narrogin railway | [252] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1975 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [253] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1975 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [254] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1976 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [255] | ||
Railways Classification Board Act Amendment Act 1977 | Amendment to the Railways Classification Board Act 1920 | — | [256] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1977 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [257] | ||
Railways Discontinuance and Land Revestment Act 1978 | Authorized the discontinuance of the railway line from Fremantle Harbour works quarry railway to North Fremantle | Fremantle line | [258] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1978 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [259] | ||
Government Railways Act Amendment Act 1979 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [260] | ||
Railways Discontinuance Act 1980 | Authorized the discontinuance of the railway line from Pindar to Meekatharra | Mullewa to Meekatharra railway line | [261] | ||
Government Railways Amendment Act 1980 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [262] | ||
Government Railways Amendment Act 1982 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [263] | ||
Railways Discontinuance Act 1985 | Authorized the discontinuance of parts of two railway lines | [264] | |||
Bunbury Railway Lands Act 1985 | Revested certain lands, enabled the grant of certain lands to the Western Australian Government Railways Commission | South Western Railway | [265] | ||
Government Railways Amendment Act 1987 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [266] | ||
Perth-Joondalup Railway Act 1989 | Authorised construction of a railway from Perth to Joondalup | Joondalup line | [267] | ||
Government Railways Amendment Act (No. 2) 1990 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [268] | ||
Government Railways Amendment Act 1990 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [269] | ||
Railway Discontinuance Act 1996 | Authorized the discontinuance of parts of a railway line in Bunbury | South Western Railway | [270] | ||
Government Railways Amendment Act 1996 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [271] | ||
Government Railways Amendment Act 1998 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [272] | ||
Railways (Access) Act 1998 | To promote competition in the operation of rail services | — | [273] | ||
Railway (Northern and Southern Urban Extensions) Act 1999 | Authorised construction and expansion of two railway lines | [274] | |||
Railways (Access) Amendment Act 2000 | Amendment to the Railways (Access) Act 1998 | — | [275] | ||
Railway (Narngulu to Geraldton) Act 2001 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Narngulu to the Port of Geraldton | Geraldton to Narngulu railway line | [276] | ||
Railway (Jandakot to Perth) Act 2002 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Jandakot to Perth | Mandurah line | [277] | ||
Public Transport Authority Act 2003 | Established the Public Transport Authority | — | [278] | ||
Railway and Port (The Pilbara Infrastructure Pty Ltd) Agreement Act 2004 | Ratifies and authorises an agreement to develop a railway in the Pilbara region | Fortescue railway | [279] | ||
Railway Discontinuance Act 2006 | Authorised closure of two railway lines in Western Australia |
| [280] | ||
Statute Law Revision Act 2006 | Act to repeal various obsolete written laws, among them 15 railway-related acts | — | [281] | ||
Railway Discontinuance Act (No. 2) 2006 | Authorised closure of railway lines in Western Australia | Northern Railway | [282] | ||
Public Transport Authority Amendment Act 2008 | Amendment to the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 | — | [283] | ||
Railway (Tilley to Karara) Act 2010 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Tilley to Karara | Karara railway | [284] | ||
Railway (Butler to Brighton) Act 2010 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Butler to Brighton | [285] | |||
Railway (Roy Hill Infrastructure Pty Ltd) Agreement Act 2010 | Ratifies and authorises an agreement to develop a railway in the Pilbara region | Roy Hill railway | [286] | ||
Railway and Port (The Pilbara Infrastructure Pty Ltd) Agreement Amendment Act 2010 | Amendment to the Railway and Port (The Pilbara Infrastructure Pty Ltd) Agreement Act 2004 and the Railways (Access) Act 1998 | — | [287] | ||
Railway (Forrestfield-Airport Link) Act 2015 | Authorised construction of the railway line from Bayswater to Forrestfield | [288] | |||
Railway (BBI Rail Aus Pty Ltd) Agreement Act 2017 | Ratifies an agreement to develop a railway in the Pilbara region | — | [289] | ||
Railway and Port (The Pilbara Infrastructure Pty Ltd) Agreement Amendment Act 2018 | Amendment to the Railway and Port (The Pilbara Infrastructure Pty Ltd) Agreement Act 2004 | — | [290] | ||
Railway (METRONET) Act 2018 | Authorised the extensions of the Thornlie line to Cockburn Central and the Joondalup line to Yanchep as part of Metronet | [291] | |||
Railway (METRONET) Amendment Act 2020 | Amendment to Railway (METRONET) Act 2018. Authorised construction of a railway from Bayswater to Ellenbrook (known as the Morley–Ellenbrook Line) | Morley–Ellenbrook line | [292] | ||
Railway (BBI Rail Aus Pty Ltd) Agreement Amendment Act 2021 | Amendment to the Railway (BBI Rail Aus Pty Ltd) Agreement Act 2017 | — | [293] | ||
Railway (METRONET) Amendment Act 2022 | Amendment to Railway (METRONET) Act 2018. Authorised construction of a railway from Claisebrook Station to Mundijong (known as the Armadale Line and Byford Rail Extension) | Armadale line | [294] | ||
Government Railways Amendment Act 2022 | Amendment to the Government Railways Act 1904 | — | [295] |