Coonalpyn railway station

Coonalpyn
The station in December 2006 before demolition of the station building.
General information
Location	Dukes Highway, Coonalpyn, South Australia
Coordinates	35°41′49″S139°51′26″E / 35.6969°S 139.8572°E / -35.6969; 139.8572
System	Former Great Southern Rail regional rail
Operated by	South Australian Railways 1886 - 1978 Australian National 1978 - 1997 Great Southern Rail 1997-1999
Line	Adelaide-Wolseley
Distance	183 kilometres from Adelaide
Platforms	1
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Status	Closed and demolished
History
Opened	1 May 1886
Closed	May 1999
Services
Preceding station Australian Rail Track Corporation Following station Ki Ki towards Adelaide Adelaide–Wolseley railway line Culburra towards Serviceton
Location

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.

External links

• Johnny's Pages gallery