Byellee to Monto railway line

Byellee to Monto Branch Railway was a branch railway that branched off the Boyne Valley west of Gladstone in Queensland, Australia.The Boyne Valley region was predominantly a dairying region and a railway had little justification. However a branch was justified in 1906 on the basis of large traffic in timber, fuel, limestone and flexing ores. Progressively opened between 1910 and 1931 the line branched from the North Coast line at Byellee a short distance west of Gladstone and struck a south-westerly route via Many Peaks and Mungungo to Monto.

The last regular train ran in 2002, and the final train on the line was a steam special run from Monto to Maryborough in May 2008 by the Australian Railway Historical Society.

From 2012, conversion of the corridor to a multi-use rail trail was discussed, and Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail Inc. was formed in July 2018. The Dawes Range Tunnel section of the Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail was opened on 11 September 2021 and the Burnett River Bridges section was opened on 10 September 2022.

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