RAILSIMŪ Australian Version
Maps

South Australia

The Main South trunk route eastwards through the Mount Lofty Ranges between Adelaide and Tailem Bend via unbelievable curves and grades in both directions.

The main line is shown solid.
The line to Willunga is shown disappearing off the left hand side,
That to Mount Pleasant heads northwards from Balhannah
and that to Victor Harbor heads south from Mount Barker Junction

The map above shows the route of the
Pichi Railway Railway
from Port Augusta to Quorn

These two maps show (below) the North line out of Adelaide, heading north-east through the flat land of the Adelaide Plains to Gawler, and (above) from there on into the wine-growing Barossa Valley and the limestone quarries just north-west of Angaston. The Truro line has been dismantled north of the quarry junction.

The lines diverging at Salisbury for the World War II Penfield ordnance factory, and that to Bowmans, Redhill and Port Pirie can be seen dotted in the map below; in the map above we see at Roseworthy the two main lines - NE to Terowie and NW to Balaklava.

The Willunga Line heads south west from Adelaide, branching off the Main South Line at Goodwood. It heads through seaside Brighton (eventually to become part of suburbia) then climbs up the cliffs on the edge of the gulf, turning inland at Hallett Cove to meander through the grape growing area of Morphett Vale, crossing the Onkaparinga River at Noarlunga, just upstream from its estuary.

From there, the line wanders on again through grape growing areas, ending at the almond-blossom town of Willunga, not far from Sellicks Hill on the southern Mount Lofty Ranges.

The extension to Yankalilla (shown dotted) was proposed several times, but never constructed.

The last time the line was used was in 1964 (with a once a week steam-hauled freight), the track being lifted a year or so later.

The right of way was built over with workshops at Lander Road, with a local government road which filled in a deep cutting near Reynella, with two schools at Morphett Vale, and embankments were demolished in several other places - a strange thing to do with an expanding dormitory suburb that had - and still has - inadequate arterial road connections with Adelaide.