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The Captains Flat railway line was a country branch line in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales. The line branched off the Bombala line at Bungendore Junction, 5 km south of Bungendore and terminated 34 km further south at Captain's Flat. == Mining leads to a need for the railway == Note: All distances from Central station |} Mining activity at Captain's Flat began in 1882 on copper ore bodies. A railway connection from Bungendore to Captains Flat to support mining operations was considered as early as 1897, but the poor performance of the mine meant a railway was economically unfeasible. As the depth of mining increased, the constitution of the lode changed and the ore proved too complex to treat for extraction of mineral. From 1899 to 1926, production continued on a restricted basis, however within that period technological improvements were made which meant that the lode could again be economically handled. A pilot plant was erected to demonstrate the practicability of renewed mining.〔''The Bungendore to Captain's Flat Branch Line'' Witton, R Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, November, 1980 pp233-243〕 A trial survey of a railway to Captains Flat was completed in May, 1928. The proposal was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works on 27 March 1929. Legislation authorising the construction of the line was passed on 16 June 1930. Due to the prevailing worldwide financial depression, in 1929 the New South Wales government petitioned the federal government for the Commonwealth Railways to construct the line and make it available to the New South Wales Government Railways, under a similar arrangement to the Queanbeyan to Canberra railway. This proposal was rejected the following year and the railway was shelved.〔Commonwealth Railways Commissioner correspondence files 1929-1930, ''Proposed branch railway Bungendore, Captain's Flat'', NAA: B300 7263, National Archives of Australia〕 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「Captains Flat railway line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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