Spalding railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network which branched from the Peterborough line at Riverton and passed through the Clare Valley to Spalding . The line opened from Riverton to Clare on 5 July 1918 , being extended to Spalding on 9 January 1922 . The cessation of railway services was a consequence of the Ash Wednesday bushfires in February 1983 , which caused major damage to infrastructure between Sevenhill and Penwortham . The line was formally closed on 17 April 1984
Ash Wednesday bushfires
Ash Wednesday bushfires
Spalding railway line