Coomandook railway station

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Coomandook
Coomandook railway station Overland April 2023.jpg
The Overland passing the railway station at Coomandook, April 2023.
General information
Coordinates 35°28′15″S139°41′46″E / 35.4707°S 139.6961°E / -35.4707; 139.6961
Owned by Australian Rail Track Corporation
Operated by South Australian Railways 1912 - 1978 Australian National 1978-1990
Line(s) Adelaide-Wolseley
Distance153 kilometres from Adelaide
Platforms1
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened1 May 1912
Closed31 December 1990
Services
Preceding station Australian Rail Track Corporation Following station
Cooke Plains
towards Adelaide
Adelaide-Wolseley railway line Yumali
towards Serviceton

Coomandook railway station was located in the town of Coomandook, about 153 kilometres from Adelaide station.

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History

Coomandook station was located between Cooke Plains and Yumali on the Adelaide-Wolseley line, and the line through Coomandook was opened in 1886 as part of the extension from Nairne to Bordertown. [1] 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. [2] However, a station at Coomandook was not included as part of the extension until a grant to build the station was made in 1910 and it was opened on 1 May 1912. [3] [4] The original station was replaced with a smaller brick building and platform in later years. This station design was also used at other stations on the Tailem Bend-Wolseley section of the line. The station closed on 31 December 1990 upon cessation of all AN intrastate services in South Australia. It remains in situ but has since been abandoned. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "THE OVERLAND RAILWAY". Adelaide Observer . Vol. XLIII, no. 2316. South Australia. 20 February 1886. p. 33. Retrieved 30 September 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ Newland, Andrew; Quinlan, Howard (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 53. ISBN   0-909650-49-7.
  3. ↑ "COOMANDOOK". The Register (Adelaide) . Vol. LXXV, no. 19, 977. South Australia. 21 November 1910. p. 3. Retrieved 10 November 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "NEW RAILWAY SIDINGS". The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser . Vol. 32, no. 1651. South Australia. 3 May 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 10 November 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Simmonds, Paul. "Coomandook silo VK-CMK5". VK5PAS. Retrieved 10 November 2022.


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