Tarong railway line

{{Short description|Former railway line in Queensland, Australia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}}

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| status = Dismantled

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| start = Kingaroy,Queensland

| end = Tarong, Queensland (Near Maidenwell, Queensland)

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| open = {{Start date|1915|12|5|df=y}}

| close = 1 July 1961

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{{routemap|title=Tarong Branch route map

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exCONTgq\exBHFq\exLSTRq!~exLSTR+r~~0km~~Kingaroy~~To Theebine (left)~~To Nanango (right)

\\exLSTR!~exlHST~~Taabinga Village

\\exLSTR!~exlHST~~Boonenne

\\exLSTR!~exlHST~~Goodger

\\exLSTR!~exlHST~~Archookoora

\\exLSTR!~exlHST~~Brooklands

\\exLSTR!~exl-BHF~~Tarong

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Tarong Branch Railway. Plans for this thirty kilometre branch line in south-east Queensland, Australia were approved on 12 December 1911 together with an undertaking to extend it further south to Cooyar.Kerr, J. 'Triumph of Narrow Gauge' Boolarong Press 1990 Opened on 15 December 1915, the line passed through sidings at Taabinga Village, Boonenne, Goodger, Archookoora and Brooklands.

A mixed train ran thrice weekly but on 1 July 1961 the line closed. The promised link to Cooyar was never built.