Culburra railway station

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Culburra
Former Australian National regional rail
Culburra station sign December 2019.jpg
The station sign in December 2019, displayed at the highway rest stop in Culburra.
General information
Location Dukes Highway, Culburra, South Australia
Coordinates 35°48′54″S139°57′56″E / 35.8150°S 139.9656°E / -35.8150; 139.9656
Operated by South Australian Railways 1911 - 1978 Australian National 1978 - 1990
Line(s) Adelaide-Wolseley
Distance200 kilometres from Adelaide
Platforms1
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
StatusClosed and demolished
History
Opened30 August 1911
Closed31 December 1990
Previous namesDewson
Services
Preceding station Australian Rail Track Corporation Following station
Coonalpyn
towards Adelaide
Adelaide-Wolseley railway line Tintinara
towards Serviceton

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

Contents

History

Culburra station was located between Coonalpyn and Tintinara on the Adelaide-Wolseley line, and it was on the Nairne to Bordertown section of the line which opened in 1886. [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] However, a station at Culburra was not established until 30 August 1911, when it opened at the 124 mile (later 200 km) mark on the line as Dewson siding. [4] People within the area asked that the station be renamed to Culburra, and the renaming took place on 5 April 1915. [5] [6] When the CTC safeworking system was installed on this section of the line, the station was rebuilt with a small brick building similar to those that still exist at Coomandook, Coombe, and Wirrega. Ownership of the station was transferred to Australian National in 1978. It closed on December 31, 1990, when AN ceased all intrastate passenger services in South Australia, and was demolished on 3 March 1993. The station sign was relocated next to the Dukes Highway rest stop in Culburra.

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References

  1. ↑ Mid North & Murray Mallee map Archived 2015-02-02 at the Wayback Machine SA Track & Signal
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ Newland, Andrew; Quinlan, Howard (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 53. ISBN   0-909650-49-7.
  4. ↑ "NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH". Observer . Vol. LXVIII, no. 5, 348. South Australia. 2 September 1911. p. 17. Retrieved 18 April 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "The Border Watch". The Border Watch . Vol. L, no. 4916. South Australia. 25 March 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 18 April 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "PINNAROO-MURRAYVILLE RAILWAY". Observer . Vol. LXXII, no. 5, 536. South Australia. 10 April 1915. p. 15. Retrieved 18 April 2023– via National Library of Australia.
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