Yantaringa railway station
Appearance
Yantaringa | |||||||||||
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Former South Australian Railways regional rail | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°01′23″S 138°43′43″E / 35.02296°S 138.7285°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | State Transport Authority | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Adelaide-Wolseley | ||||||||||
Distance | 41.0 kilometres from Adelaide | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Closed | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1880s | ||||||||||
Closed | 1964 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Yantaringa railway station was located about 41 kilometres from Adelaide railway station on the Adelaide to Wolseley railway line.
History
[edit]Yantaringa station and siding opened sometime around 1883.[citation needed] The station, which takes its name from an Aboriginal word for "big lookout",[1] was located in the Adelaide Hills suburb of Verdun, and is a few hundred metres to the east of the Yantaringa Tunnel.[2]
In 1925 it became a stopping place for rail motors.[3] The station/siding closed in 1964.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Habel Landing – Hamley Bridge". State Library of South Australia. 21 June 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
- ^ Callaghan WH. The overland railway. ARHS NSW, St James. 1992.
- ^ Yantaringa (near Ambleside) – open as stopping place for rail motor, SA Railways weekly notices, 1925, week 16.
- ^ Yantaringa (Bridgewater – Ambleside) – closed , SA Railways weekly notices, 1964, week 28.