Monarto South railway station

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Monarto South
Former Australian National regional rail
Monarto South Junction Railway, South Australia(GN01855).jpg
Monarto South railway station, looking east towards Melbourne on 12 September 1919.
General information
Coordinates 35°07′25″S139°07′37″E / 35.12369°S 139.12708°E / -35.12369; 139.12708
Operated by Australian National
Line(s) Adelaide-Wolseley
Sedan
Distance82.2 kilometres from Adelaide
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened1 May 1886
Services
Preceding station Australian Rail Track Corporation Following station
Callington
towards Adelaide
Adelaide-Wolseley railway line Murray Bridge
towards Serviceton
Preceding station South Australian Railways Following station
Terminus Sedan railway line Pallamana
towards Sedan

Monarto South railway station was located on the Adelaide to Wolseley line serving the South Australian town of Monarto South.

Contents

History

The railway station opened on 1 May 1886, following the extension of Adelaide-Wolseley railway line to Bordertown. [1] On 13 October 1919, Monarto South became a junction station with the opening of the Sedan line. [2] [3] It briefly became a break of gauge station in 1995 when the Adelaide to Wolseley line was gauge converted to standard gauge. [4] This ceased when the Sedan line was also converted as far as its then terminus at Apamurra in November 1995. [5] [6] [7] After standardisation, the station was demolished with the station building being preserved at the Old Tailem Town Pioneer Village. The yard used for grain trains have fallen into disuse and trucks now transport grain from the silos, but a 1,550 metre crossing loop remains in use. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "OPENING OF THE RAILWAY TO BORDERTOWN". The South Australian Advertiser . Vol. XXVIII, no. 8592. South Australia. 3 May 1886. p. 6. Retrieved 5 April 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ Monarto to Sedan Railway Adelaide Advertiser 11 October 1919
  3. ↑ Sedan Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine South Australian History
  4. ↑ Port Augusta track extension project Pichi Richi Railway
  5. ↑ "SA Murray Lands Renaissance" Railway Digest page 15
  6. ↑ "South Australia" Railway Digest July 1996 page 37
  7. ↑ Newland, Andrew; Quinlan, Howard (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 53, 56. ISBN   0-909650-49-7.
  8. ↑ Monarto South - Monteith track diagram SA Track & Signal
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