This is a list of the known railway proposals in Queensland , Australia, either formally approved by the Queensland Parliament or otherwise recorded in some formal way, that were never built.[1]
Approved by Parliament [ edit ] Laura - 48 km towards Maytown , approved 1888Croydon - 85 km towards Georgetown , approved 1895, being the amount of rail in storage at Croydon following the diversion of the line from Cloncurry . The rail was later used to construct part of the Mt Isa line to Cloncurry.Gladstone - Callide Coalfields , approved 1900. A different line to Callide Coalfields was built in 1952 via the Callide Valley line , and connected to Gladstone in 1968 when the Moura Short Line was opened.Miriam Vale – Glassford copper mine, approved 1900Great Western Railway and connecting lines, approved 1910Via Recta (Mt Edwards – Maryvale ), proposed to provide a direct Brisbane – Warwick line, approved 1914Burketown – Lawn Hill silver mine, approved 1914Wandoan – Taroom , approved 1914Extension of the South Western line from Dirranbandi to Boomi (New South Wales ), approved 1914.
Extension of the Brisbane Valley railway line from Yarraman to Nanango , approved 1914
Texas – Silver Spur mine, approved 1914Glenmorgan – Surat , approved 1914Lawgi – Monto , approved 1920Brooloo – Kenilworth , approved 1920Dobbyn – 80 km towards Burketown , approved 1920Peeramon – Boonjie, approved 1920Croydon – Georgetown , approved 1929.Cooyar – Tarong , mentioned in the parliamentary approval debate concerning the Tarong lineRosewood – Rosevale , shown on a 1925 map as ‘Approved of by Parliament’Gatton – Mount Sylvia , shown on a 1925 map as ‘Approved of by Parliament’
^ Kerr, J. 'Triumph of Narrow Gauge' Boolarong Publications 1990
Proposed or under construction
Tourist and heritage railways
