Korro railway station

Korro
Site of former Korro Railway Station, August 2018
General information
Location	Australia
Coordinates	35°09′43″S138°30′57″E / 35.16198°S 138.51579°E / -35.16198; 138.51579
Owned by	South Australian Railways
Operated by	South Australian Railways
Line	Willunga railway line
Platforms	ground level
Train operators	South Australian Railways
History
Opened	20 January 1915 (1915-01-20)
Closed	1969 (1969)
Services
Preceding station South Australian Railways Following station Hackham towards Adelaide Willunga railway line Noarlunga towards Willunga
Location

v t e Willunga railway line
Legend
km 0.0 Adelaide 21.4 Hallett Cove Seaford line Hallett Cove (original site)   1915 –74 Patpa 26.4 Happy Valley 28.2 Reynella 29.6 Pimpala 30.8 Coorara 32.2 Morphett Vale Yetto 34.5 Hackham Korro 38.9 Noarlunga Seaford Meadows Seaford Moana to Aldinga (corridor reserved) Tuni McLaren Vale Pikkara Willunga

Korro railway station was a ground level stopping place during the passenger transport days of the Willunga railway line.

Shortly after the stop, the railway crossed the Onkaparinga River. The old bridge, built in 1914, had 3 spans, each of 70 feet, and was of lattice-type girder construction. A second bridge, built in 1930, also has 3 spans of rivetted plate-girder construction founded on concrete abutment piers driven into the bedrock. Height 17 feet, 3 inches.

The stop is now unused, the entire Willunga railway line having been dismantled in 1972 and later replaced with the Coast to Vines Rail Trail. It was located near what is now the southern end of the Southern Expressway in Huntfield Heights. ^[1]

References

1. "Placename Details: Korro Railway Station". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. SA0053250. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

• Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin No 336, October 1965