Coonalpyn railway station

Former railway station in South Australia, Australia

Preceding station Australian Rail Track Corporation Following station
Ki Ki
towards Adelaide
 Adelaide-Wolseley railway line Culburra
towards Serviceton

Coonalpyn railway station is located on the Adelaide-Wolseley line in Coonalpyn, South Australia.[1]

History

Coonalpyn station opened on 1 May 1886 as a station on the Nairne-Bordertown extension of what became the Adelaide-Wolseley line.[2] The line opened in stages: on 14 March 1883 from Adelaide to Aldgate, on 28 November 1883 to Nairne, on 1 May 1886 to Bordertown and on 19 January 1887 to Serviceton.[3] A goods platform was requested by the residents of the town in 1903, and was later built.[4] A 5-ton crane was installed on the goods platform in 1951.[5] The station was rebuilt with a brick station building when CTC was installed on this section of the Adelaide-Wolseley railway line. In May 1999, the station closed when The Overland, then operated by Great Southern Rail began operating on a new timetable that skipped multiple stations including Coonalpyn.[6] The station building was demolished in July 2007.[7] The Viterra owned grain silos in Coonalpyn are no longer served by rail, but are still used by trucks.[8] In March 2017, the silos were painted and became South Australia's first silo art.[9]

References

  1. ^ Mid North & Murray Mallee map Archived 2015-02-02 at the Wayback Machine SA Track & Signal
  2. ^ "OPENING OF THE BORDERTOWN RAILWAY". Kapunda Herald. Vol. XXII, no. 1858. South Australia. 4 May 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 10 November 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Newland, Andrew; Quinlan, Howard (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 53. ISBN 0-909650-49-7.
  4. ^ "Current Topics". The Chronicle. Vol. 46, no. 2, 362. South Australia. 28 November 1903. p. 27. Retrieved 17 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Rural News In Brief". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 93, no. 28, 879. South Australia. 3 May 1951. p. 6. Retrieved 17 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Geelong Standard Gauge Platform Opens, Overland Accelerated but Stations Bypassed". Railway Digest (July 1999 ed.). p. 17.
  7. ^ "Historic Rail Way Past Or Re-invention Of Country Services". Railpage. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Storage and handling network" (PDF). Viterra. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Coonalpyn Silo Art". Australian Silo Art Trail. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
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