The BelleriveSorell railway

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The Bellerive-Sorell railway

• The Bellerive-Sorell Railway
• was opened for service on the
• 2nd of May 1892.
• The railway line closed on the 30th of June
  1926.

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Features of the railway

• Station Pier at Bellerive
• Tunnel near Mt Rumney
• Causeway and Viaduct across Pittwater
• The Cutting at Shark Point
• The Weir on Sorell Rivulet

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Railway brings laughs

• The damn old carriages, they rock and buck,
  everything's loose, and its a torture riding in
  it,' said Peter Murdoch, proclaiming his
  assessment of the value of the line, arms waving
  to drive home the point. The seats are
  terrible no screws to hold them down. Coming in
  today I had my arse pinched off!

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The railway wide view
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Train plan
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Opening closing

• The Railway opened in May 1892. The
  Bellerive-Sorell railway,14 ¾ miles of it with
  one or two trains a day each way, nevertheless
  had been useful.
• The line closed in 1926 and the Sorell station is
  still standing now.

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The railway shed
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Information

• The controversy continued. An announcement by the
  minister for land and work intimated that even
  before a sleeper was laid on the line the
  original estimate of 58700 would be exceeded by
  as much a 24000.

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Sorell station
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Picnic
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Thanks to

• Mr and Mrs Dix at Sorell Station Antiques
• Archives Office of Tasmania for many of the
  photos used in this show
• Mr. George Quinn
• Mrs Barbara Kregor
• Mrs Mary Stokes
• Mrs Gwen Reynolds
• Mr Wally Crosswell
• Sorell Information Centre
• Miss Moya Sharpe, Miss Sue Wyatt and Mr Geoff
  Clow teachers at Sorell School