Paringa railway station
Paringa | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Railway Terrace, Paringa, South Australia | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Australian National | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Barmera line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Status | Demolished | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 2 October 1913 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1990 | ||||||||||
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Paringa railway station was located on the Barmera railway line. It served the town of Paringa, South Australia.
History
[edit]Paringa railway station opened on 2 October 1913 as a short-lived terminus of the Brown's Well railway line the Murray Mallee.[1] The intervention of World War I delayed the construction of the Paringa Railway Bridge to extend the railway to Renmark until 1927.[2] It later was also extended to Barmera with the first passenger service running on 1 August 1928.[3]
The line through Paringa was closed in 1990 and dismantled. The rail bridge still remains but now carries the Sturt Highway.
References
[edit]- ^ "MURRAY RAILWAYS". Daily Herald. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 1 October 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ "RENMARK RAILWAY". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 29 January 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ ".. RENMARK TO BARMERA." Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record. Renmark, SA: National Library of Australia. 17 August 1928. p. 7. Retrieved 9 October 2014.