Rocky Bay railway line

Rocky Bay railway line
Rocky Bay railway line
Overview
Status	Lifted
Owner	Westrail; CSR
Locale	North Fremantle
History
Opened	30 January 1931
Closed	15 July 1978
Technical
Line length	1.6 kilometres
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The Rocky Bay railway line was an industrial railway line in North Fremantle, Western Australia.

History

The Rocky Bay railway line opened on 30 January 1931. It branched off in a north-east direction from the Eastern Railway just north of North Fremantle station opposite Leighton Marshalling Yard crossing over the Stirling Highway via a level crossing.^[1]^[2]

It served the Great Southern Flour Mill, a Ford plant, the State Engineering Works, a Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company superphosphate factory and a CSR sugar refinery.^[2]^[3] The eastern part of the line was owned by CSR, the rest by the Western Australian Government Railways.^[4]^[5]

It was closed on 15 July 1978 apart from a short stump for the Great Southern Flour Mill.^[4] The last section of the line was lifted in April 1991.^[6]^[7]

References

^ Suburban Railways of Perth Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 165 July 1951 page 93
^ ^a ^b Minchin, RS; Higham, GJ (1981). Robb's Railway Fremantle to Guildford Railway Centenary. Bassendean: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 37. ISBN 0-9599690-2-0.
^ North Fremantle: Unusual history of industrial hub in the suburbs ABC News 7 August 2015
^ ^a ^b Western Rails News Western Rails Winter 1978 page 12
^ A Brick on Wheels - Western Australia's B class Australian Railways Illustrated issue 12 February 2012 page 12
^ Here & There Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 609 July 1988 page 57
^ Last Link with Rocky Bay Branch Lifted The Westland issue 76 May 1991 page 7

[1] Suburban Railways of Perth Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 165 July 1951 page 93

[MinchinHigham-2] Minchin, RS; Higham, GJ (1981). Robb's Railway Fremantle to Guildford Railway Centenary. Bassendean: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 37. ISBN 0-9599690-2-0.

[3] North Fremantle: Unusual history of industrial hub in the suburbs ABC News 7 August 2015

[WesternRails-4] Western Rails News Western Rails Winter 1978 page 12

[5] A Brick on Wheels - Western Australia's B class Australian Railways Illustrated issue 12 February 2012 page 12

[6] Here & There Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 609 July 1988 page 57

[7] Last Link with Rocky Bay Branch Lifted The Westland issue 76 May 1991 page 7

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Railway lines in Western Australia
Main lines	Eastern Goldfields Eastern Railway Great Southern Railway South Western Railway Trans-Australian Railway
Goldfields–Esperance	Esperance Hopetoun–Ravensthorpe^† Kalgoorlie–Gnumballa Lake^† Kanowna^† Leonora Malcolm–Laverton^† Kambalda–Redmine
Great Southern	Donnybrook–Katanning^† Nornalup^† Ongerup^† Pingrup^†
Mid West	Avon Yard–Mullewa^† Cue–Big Bell^† Dongara–Eneabba^† Geraldton–Ajana^† Geraldton–Mullewa Karara Meekatharra-Horseshoe^† Millendon Junction–Narngulu Mullewa–Meekatharra^† Sandstone^† Upper Chapman Valley^† Wiluna^†
Peel	Waroona–Lake Clifton Pinjarra–Narrogin^†
Pilbara	Fortescue Goldsworthy Hamersley & Robe River Marble Bar^† Mount Newman Roy Hill
Perth	Airport Armadale Belmont^† Ellenbrook Fremantle Kalamunda Kwinana Mandurah Midland (country) Midland (suburban) Mundaring Mundaring Weir Rocky Bay Spearwood–Armadale^† Thornlie–Cockburn Upper Darling Range Yanchep
South West	Brunswick Junction–Narrogin^† Donnybrook–Katanning^† Flinders Bay^† Nannup^† Northcliffe^† Pinjarra–Narrogin^†
Wheatbelt	Avon Yard–Mullewa^† Bonnie Rock^† Brookton–Corrigin^† Brunswick Junction–Narrogin^† Goomalling–West Merredin^† Hyden Kalannie Merredin–Narrogin^† Merredin–Yilliminning^† Pinjarra–Narrogin^† Newdegate Miling Wagin–Bowelling^† Wyalkatchem–Southern Cross^† York-Bruce Rock^†
Tourist and heritage railways	Bennett Brook Hotham Valley Oliver Hill
Timber railway lines	Ballaarat tramline Jarrahdale–Rockingham
Trams and tramways	Baldivis tramway Broome Tramway Carnarvon tram Trams in Fremantle Trams in Kalgoorlie Trams in Perth
Approved by Parliament but not constructed	Boyup Brook–Cranbrook Brookton–Dale River Manjimup–Mount Barker Southern Cross southwards Yarramony eastward Yuna-Dartmoor
^† Denotes railway is closed, partially closed or has been removed See also: Agricultural railways ♦ Wheatbelt railways