History
On 14 June 1887, the railway line was extended from Naracoorte south towards Mount Gambier. [1] As part of this extension, a goods accommodation and railway yards were built at Glenroy, but upon opening, it only included goods facilities such as a shed and platform, and sidings for loading general goods and sheep but a new station was built later on. [2] [3]
Broad gauge was fully installed along the Mount Gambier line by 1953, becoming dual gauge until the removal of the narrow gauge by 1959. [4]
By the late 1980s, the station was deleted from the Australian National working timetable. [5] The last service to use the line, the Bluebird railcar passenger service to Mount Gambier, known as the Blue Lake ceased to operate, along with all regional passenger trains in South Australia on 31 December 1990, but freight services continued through Glenroy to Mount Gambier. When the Adelaide-Melbourne railway line was converted to standard gauge, the Mount Gambier line remained as broad gauge, consequentially becoming isolated and was closed to remaining freight services on 12 April 1995. [6] There is no longer any trace of the station.
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