List of railways constructed by the Public Works Department of Western Australia

List of railways constructed by the Public Works Department of Western Australia The railways were operated by the Western Australian Government Railways

Western Australian Government Railways

Western Australian Government Railways was most common name of the Western Australian government rail transport authority from 1890 to 1976. It is, in its current form, known as the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia....

after construction.

Year	Section of line	WAGR Division	Date of contract	Date opened	Notes or alternative names
1898	Fremantle - Robbs Jetty	South West	February 1898	22.10.1898
1899	Mundaring - Mundaring Weir Mundaring Weir Mundaring Weir is the name of a dam which are located from Perth, Western Australia in the Darling Scarp. It is situated in the Mundaring locality...	Goldfields Water Supply	25.4.1897	12.1898
1900	Bellevue Bellevue, Western Australia Bellevue is an eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Areas are the City of Swan and the Shire of Mundaring, and it is located at the foot of the slopes of Greenmount, a landmark on the Darling Scarp that is noted in the earliest of travel journals of the early Swan River... - Helena Vale Racecourse Helena Vale, Western Australia Helena Vale was the original name for Midland Junction in Western Australia between 1885 and 1901.It was also the earlier name of the Midland Junction Municipality between 1895 and 1901....	Eastern Railway	1900	12.1900
1902	Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Kalgoorlie, known as Kalgoorlie-Boulder, is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, and is located east-northeast of state capital Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway... - Brown Hill loop	Eastern Goldfields Railway	3.1901	17.03.1902
1902	East Northam Northam Northam is the name of a number of places around the world:* Northam, Devon - a town in Devon, England.* Northam railway station* Northam, Hampshire - A district of the city of Southampton, England... - Goomalling Goomalling, Western Australia Goomalling is a townsite in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia 45 km north north east of Northam, Western Australia. The name Goomalling was first shown for a spring found by explorers Hillman & Lefroy in 1846. Hillman noted on his plan "rich grassy country" and squatters subsequently...	Eastern Railway	3.1900	01.07.1902
1903	Menzies Menzies, Western Australia Menzies is a town located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, east-northeast of the state capital, Perth, and north-northwest of the city of Kalgoorlie... - Leonora Leonora, Western Australia Leonora is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located northeast of the state capital, Perth, and north of the city of Kalgoorlie. At the 2006 census, Leonora had a population of 401, about a third of whom are of Aboriginal descent. The area is extremely arid, with a...	Eastern Godfields Railway	25.02.1901	12.01.1903
1903	Cue Cue, Western Australia - Further reading:* 'Along the Cue railway. Inspection of line with suggested improvements, visit to Georgina Siding'. West Australian, 11 June 1898, p. 5-External links:* *... - Nannine Nannine, Western Australia Nannine is a ghost town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is located on the northern bank of Lake Anneen, approximately 35 kilometres south-southwest of Meekatharra, and 735 kilometres north-northeast of Perth....	Northern Railway	22.04.1901	01.06.1903
1903	Robbs Jetty - Coogee Coogee, Western Australia Coogee is a southern coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Cockburn.-History:The suburb takes its name from the lake, Lake Coogee, in the area, which translates to "Body of water" in the native Aboriginal Nyoongar language. Originally this lake was named Lake...	South West Railway	1902	01.07.1903
1903	Collie-Collie Cardiff	South West Railway	1903	02.11.1903
1906	Robbs Jetty - Jandakot	South West Railway	12.01.1905	01.04.1906
1906	Narrogin - Darkan	South West Railway	22.03.1905	07.09.1906

Reference

Table Construction of the W.A Government Railways network, 1879-1931 - page 208-211 - in Gunzburg, Adrian and Austin, Jeff (2008) Rails through the Bush: Timber and Firewood Tramways and Railway Contractors of Western Australia Perth, W.A. Rail Heritage WA. ISBN 978-0-9803922-2-7

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