Glenroy railway station, South Australia
Glenroy | |||||||||||
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| Former Australian National regional rail | |||||||||||
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| Location | Flint Road, Glenroy, South Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°13′16″S 140°49′06″E / 37.221236706898715°S 140.81829397181494°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | South Australian Railways 1887 - 1978 Australian National 1978 - 1990 | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Mount Gambier line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 369 kilometres from Adelaide | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Status | Closed and demolished | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 14 June 1887 | ||||||||||
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Glenroy railway station was located on the Mount Gambier railway line. It served the locality of Glenroy, South Australia.
History
[edit]On 14 June 1887, the railway line was extended from Naracoorte south towards Mount Gambier.[1] As part of this extension, a goods accommodation and railway yards were built at Glenroy, but upon opening, it only included goods facilities such as a shed and platform, and sidings for loading general goods and sheep but a new station was built later on.[2][3]
Broad gauge was fully installed along the Mount Gambier line by 1953, becoming dual gauge until the removal of the narrow gauge by 1959. [4]
By the late 1980s, the station was deleted from the Australian National working timetable. [5] The last service to use the line, the Bluebird railcar passenger service to Mount Gambier, known as the Blue Lake ceased to operate, along with all regional passenger trains in South Australia on 31 December 1990, but freight services continued through Glenroy to Mount Gambier. When the Adelaide-Melbourne railway line was converted to standard gauge, the Mount Gambier line remained as broad gauge, consequentially becoming isolated and was closed to remaining freight services on 12 April 1995.[6] There is no longer any trace of the station.
References
[edit]- ^ "MOUNT GAMBIER AND NARRACOORTE RAILWAY". The South Australian Advertiser. South Australia. 15 June 1887. p. 5. Retrieved 16 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "RAILWAYS". Adelaide Observer. South Australia. 7 January 1888. p. 38. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia. Download C
- ^ "MOUNT GAMBIER AND NARRACOORTE RAILWAY". South Australian Weekly Chronicle. South Australia. 18 June 1887. p. 9. Retrieved 16 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Broad gauge Railway Opened 23 June 1953
- ^ AN Timetables and fares
- ^ Masson, Johnny. "MOUNT GAMBIER MARSHALLING YARDS". Trove NLA. Johnny's Pages - Old SAR Shunter. Retrieved 16 August 2024.