Spalding railway line

Spalding railway line
Overview
System	South Australian Railways
Status	Closed
Termini	Riverton Spalding
Continues from	Peterborough line
Operation
Opened	Riverton-Clare: 5 July 1918 Clare-Spalding: 9 January 1922
Closed	17 April 1984
Operator(s)	South Australian Railways Australian National
Technical
Line length	83.8 km (52.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Route map Spalding railway line Legend Spalding Burra-Spalding Road Broughton River Andrews Hill River Hilltown Barinia (Siding) Whitehut (Siding) Farrell Flat Road Clare Clare Showground (Siding) Quarry Road Sevenhill Sevenhill-Mintaro Road Tatkana (Siding) Penwortham Main North Road Watervale Leasingham Milkurri (Siding) Main North Road Wakefield River Auburn Rices Creek Pine Creek Undalya Rhynie Rhynie-Riverton Road Rhynie-Riverton Road Torrens Road (Barrier Highway) to Burra & Peterborough Peterborough line Riverton to Roseworthy & Adelaide Peterborough line

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 last train ran in 1978, with the line formally closed on 17 April 1984.^[1]

The track was later lifted. The 19 kilometres (12 mi) section from Riverton through Rhynie to Auburn was redeveloped as the Rattler Rail Trail in 2010. The next 33 kilometres (21 mi) section from Auburn through the Clare Valley to Clare and beyond to the former Barinia siding is the Riesling Trail.^[2]

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