Spalding railway line

Spalding railway line
The railway station at Clare in September 1918, a month after the first section of the Spalding line opened to Clare.
Overview
Status	Closed and Removed
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 This diagram: view talk edit

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]