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The Bombala railway line is a partially closed branch railway line in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It branches off the Main South line at Joppa Junction, south of Goulburn, and was opened in stages to Tarago (January 1884), Bungendore (March 1885), Queanbeyan (September 1887), Michelago (December 1887), Cooma (May 1889), Nimmitabel (April 1912) and Bombala (November 1921). ==Closure of the Southern end of the line== On 26 March 1986, the line south of Cooma was closed.〔"Last Train to Bombala" ''Railway Digest'' June 1986 page 184〕 Passenger services south of Queanbeyan ceased in September 1988.〔"Cooma" ''Railway Digest'' February 1989 page 55〕 Following a bridge carrying the line over the Numeralla River at Chakola being declared unsafe, freight services south of Queanbeyan ceased in May 1989.〔"Last Cooma Freight" ''Railway Digest'' July 1989 page 237〕 However a steam special did operate through to Cooma a few weeks later, albeit without passengers over the bridge in question.〔"High Drama or Farce and Tragedy" ''Railway Digest'' August 1989 page 261〕 The line between Joppa Junction Goulburn and Queanbeyan remains open, and is served by three daily NSW TrainLink Xplorer services in each direction operating between Sydney and Canberra.〔(Southern timetable ) NSW TrainLink 30 June 2014〕 The majority of freight traffic on the line are refuse trains for the Woodlawn Bioreactor at Tarago.〔(Waste on the double ) ''Goulburn Post'' 16 February 2012〕 Fuel trains ran to Canberra until January 2009.〔(Fuel by rail - A Victim of Progress ) Trackside 22 February 2010〕 From 6 March 2015, a joint venture between ESPEE Railroad Services (owned by the ACT division of the Australian Railway Historical Society) and local company Access Recycling began operating weekly freight trains loaded with scrap metal from Canberra to Port Botany via the Canberra branch and Bombala line. The 49 kiometre section between Queanbeyan and Michelago was also re-opened in April 1993 for heritage tourist operation by the ACT Division of the Australian Railway Historical Society.〔''Railway Digest'' June 1993 pages 213,248,260〕 The line available for traffic was truncated to Royalla as it deteriorated, until finally being suspended at the beginning of 2007 as a result of storm damage. To reopen the line, substantial sleeper replacement will be required, approximately 16,000 pieces. In addition, one major timber bridge, at Jerrabomberra Creek, will need to be replaced, and some other minor bridgework and other works undertaken. The ARHS was investigating a large pile of steel sleepers that would probably have been sufficient that were lying unused along the northern line. However recovery work plan was never completed by the ARHS. The ARHS formally relinquished its lease on the Queanbeyan to Michelago section of track in 2011, and has subsequently concentrated its activities to boutique novelty trips for Canberra's population on the Canberra to Bungendore section of the line.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Michelago Tourist Railway )〕 In October 1999 Freight Australia commenced operating log trains a couple of kilometres south of Queanbeyan to Hume.〔"Freight Victoria's NSW Log Traffic" ''Railway Digest'' December 1999 page 15〕 This freight though has now ceased also, with a stop block being placed at Queanbeyan, at 321.72 km, clear of Frame F crossover, signifying the current operational end of the Bombala line.〔(MTR Gone? ) Railpage〕 At the Cooma end of the line, there is another heritage railway, the Cooma Monaro Railway, that was formed in 1992, when a group of local Cooma people decided to restore Cooma Railway Station.〔(History ) Cooma Monaro Railway〕 After the group had restored the station, efforts were then made by the group to acquire some rolling stock and re-open a section of track. This came to fruition starting in 1998, with over 17 kilometres of railway track now reopened and restored CPH railmotors operating between Cooma and Chakola.〔"Rail Returns to Snowy Mountains" ''Railway Digest'' January 1999 page 42〕〔"Cooma News" ''Railway Digest'' July 1999 page 44〕〔(Operations ) Canberra Monaro Railway〕 Train movements though are currently suspended on this section of track, while the CMR tends to various new requirements of the Office of National Rail Safety Regulator. At the Bombala terminus, a railway museum has been created, with a view to increasing local tourism. It is highly unlikely that a tourist train service will be instituted though, with vast tracts of rail missing between Bombala and the preceding station at Bukalong siding. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bombala railway line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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