Halbury railway station

Halbury
Halbury
	The site of the former Halbury railway yard and station (September 2009)
General information
Location	Balaklava Road, Halbury, South Australia
Coordinates	34°05′09″S138°30′50″E / 34.08579°S 138.51380°E
Operated by	Australian National
Line(s)	Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line
Distance	106 kilometres from Adelaide
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Status	Closed and demolished
History
Opened	1870
Closed	12 July 1981
Services

Last updated January 04, 2025

Halbury railway station was located on the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line. It served the town of Halbury, South Australia.

History

Halbury opened in 1870 on the isolated horse-drawn tramway built to deliver grain from the plains east of Port Wakefield in the areas of Balaklava, Halbury and Hoyle's Plains (now Hoyleton).^[1]^[2] The line from Hoyleton to Balaklava eventually became a part of the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line when that line was extended to Gladstone on 2 July 1894.^[3] On 1 August 1927, the line gauge converted to 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm).^[4] The station was named after the cadastral unit the town was in Hundred of Hall. ^[5]

In 1978, the station and all associated infrastructure were included in the transfer of South Australian Railways to Australian National. Halbury closed to all goods and parcels traffic traffic on 12 July 1981 but remained open to pick up or set down passengers. The station closed to regular passengers on 6 November 1982. ^[6] The line through Halbury closed on 29 March 1989 ^[7] and the track was dismantled by 1992; there is no longer any trace of the station.

In 2012, a rail trail was developed from Balaklava to Halbury called the Shamus Liptrot cycling trail following the course of the old railway line. It was built in memory of a local elite cyclist Shamus Liptrot who died in 2011, several years after suffering injuries in a cycling accident.^[8]

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References

↑ "PORT WAKEFIELD RAILWAY". The South Australian Advertiser . Vol. XII, no. 3385. South Australia. 21 August 1869. p. 2. Retrieved 24 September 2018– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "THE PORT WAKEFIELD AND HOYLE'S PLAINS TRAMWAY, AND THE DISTRICT THROUGH WHICH IT PASSES". The Express and Telegraph . Vol. VI, no. 1, 808. South Australia. 27 November 1869. p. 2 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 24 September 2018– via National Library of Australia.
↑ Hamley Bridge to Balaklava railway 26 November 1869
↑ "Railways – Gladstone SA" . Retrieved 4 September 2024.
↑ Names Of South Australian Railway Stations 24 March 1915
↑ "Stations Remembered: SAR – Halbury, Hoyleton & Kybunga by Steve McNicol – Paperback – 1st Edition 1st Printing – 2021 – from Train World Pty Ltd (SKU: ARMP-0223)". Biblio.com.au. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
↑ Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 56, 58. ISBN 0-909650-49-7.
↑ Shamus Liptrot Cycling Trail

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[1] "PORT WAKEFIELD RAILWAY". The South Australian Advertiser . Vol. XII, no. 3385. South Australia. 21 August 1869. p. 2. Retrieved 24 September 2018– via National Library of Australia.

[2] "THE PORT WAKEFIELD AND HOYLE'S PLAINS TRAMWAY, AND THE DISTRICT THROUGH WHICH IT PASSES". The Express and Telegraph . Vol. VI, no. 1, 808. South Australia. 27 November 1869. p. 2 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 24 September 2018– via National Library of Australia.

[3] Hamley Bridge to Balaklava railway 26 November 1869

[4] "Railways – Gladstone SA" . Retrieved 4 September 2024.

[5] Names Of South Australian Railway Stations 24 March 1915

[6] "Stations Remembered: SAR – Halbury, Hoyleton & Kybunga by Steve McNicol – Paperback – 1st Edition 1st Printing – 2021 – from Train World Pty Ltd (SKU: ARMP-0223)". Biblio.com.au. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

[Routes-7] Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 56, 58. ISBN 0-909650-49-7.

[8] Shamus Liptrot Cycling Trail

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