Happy Valley railway station

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Happy Valley railway station
General information
LocationAustralia
Coordinates 35°04′53″S138°32′38″E / 35.081404°S 138.543952°E / -35.081404; 138.543952 Coordinates: 35°04′53″S138°32′38″E / 35.081404°S 138.543952°E / -35.081404; 138.543952 [1]
Owned by South Australian Railways
Operated by South Australian Railways
Line(s) Willunga railway line
Train operators South Australian Railways
History
Opened20 January 1915 (1915-01-20)
Closed1969 (1969)
Services
Preceding station South Australian Railways Following station
Patpa
towards Adelaide
Willunga railway line Reynella
towards Willunga
Route map
km
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0.0
Adelaide
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21.4
Hallett Cove
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Hallett Cove (original site)
1915–74
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Patpa
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26.4
Happy Valley
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28.2
Reynella
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29.6
Pimpala
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30.8
Coorara
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32.2
Morphett Vale
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Yetto
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34.5
Hackham
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Korro
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38.9
Noarlunga
Seaford Meadows
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Seaford
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Moana
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to Aldinga
(corridor reserved)
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Tuni
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McLaren Vale
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Pikkara
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Willunga

Happy Valley is a closed railway station in Adelaide, South Australia. It was a ground level stopping place during the passenger transport days of this line, and a 1965 reference mentioned that it was no longer used at that date.

A road bridge, carrying South Road on a diversion by-passing Reynella, crossed the line shortly after Happy Valley.

The stop is now completely destroyed, the entire Willunga railway line having been dismantled in 1972, and the site is now the location of the Panalatinga Road interchange of the Southern Expressway and Main South Road.

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References

  1. "Search results for 'Happy Valley Railway Station' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

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