The Mullewa
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The Mullewa was an overnight passenger train operated by the Western Australian Government Railways between Perth and Mullewa in the Mid West Region via the Eastern and Northern lines.
History
The Mullewa commenced operating on 30 October 1961 as a three times a week service between Perth and Mullewa.
In the 1940s a two days a week passenger service was available.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article260337014 |title=Rail Passenger Service. |newspaper=The Perenjori Pioneer |volume= |issue=612 |location=Western Australia |date=16 October 1942 |accessdate=19 April 2022 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Previously sleeper carriages had been attached to a freight train. At Mullewa it connected with a road coach service to Geraldton. Once a week, a sleeping carriage continued beyond Mullewa to Meekatharra attached to a freight train. The Mullewa was withdrawn on 17 March 1974.{{cite book|last1=Higham|first1=Geoffrey|title=Marble Bar to Mandurah: A history of passenger rail services in Western Australia|date=2007|publisher=Rail Heritage WA|location=Bassendean|isbn=978 0 9803922 0 3|pages=115, 119, 123}}{{Citation | author1=Milne, Rod | title=No. 69, The Mullewa: a new named train | journal=Australian Railway History | publication-date=February 2010 | volume=61 | issue=868 | pages=68–77 | issn=1449-6291 }}[http://www.hothamvalleyrailway.com.au/mullewa_buffet_car.htm Mullewa Buffet Car] Hotham Valley Railway{{MayGray-WAGRPassCar |page=263}}
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Category:Mullewa, Western Australia
Category:Named passenger trains of Western Australia
Category:Night trains of Australia
Category:Railway services discontinued in 1974
Category:1974 disestablishments in Australia
Category:1961 establishments in Australia