Mount Barker Junction railway station

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Mount Barker Junction
Mount Barker Junction Railway Station(GN05602).jpg
The now disused Mt Barker Junction station
General information
LocationAustralia
Coordinates 35°01′27″S138°51′33″E / 35.02417°S 138.85914°E / -35.02417; 138.85914 Coordinates: 35°01′27″S138°51′33″E / 35.02417°S 138.85914°E / -35.02417; 138.85914
Operated by South Australian Railways / SteamRanger
Line(s) Adelaide-Wolseley
Victor Harbor
Distance50.00 kilometres from Adelaide
Platforms1
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened1883
Closed1980s
Rebuilt1943
Services
Preceding station TransAdelaide Following station
Balhannah
towards Adelaide
Adelaide–Wolseley line Nairne
towards Wolseley
Preceding station South Australian Railways Following station
Balhannah
towards Adelaide
Victor Harbor railway line Littlehampton
towards Victor Harbor

Mount Barker Junction railway station is a disused station on the Adelaide to Wolseley line serving the South Australian city of Mount Barker. [1]

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History

Mount Barker Junction station opened in 1883, and consisted of a main platform with a timber station building identical to the one at Balhannah, with a tall signal box next to the building. An island platform was built as well. The timber building and signal box were replaced with the current brick building in 1943. The island platform was demolished around the time the station closed to passengers by 1984 when the passenger service to Victor Harbor ceased.

It became a junction station when the Victor Harbor line opened. When the Adelaide-Wolseley line was gauge converted to standard gauge in 1995, the Victor Harbor line was isolated from the rest of the Australian National network. SteamRanger subsequently relocated from Dry Creek to Mount Barker, and runs broad gauge services south on the line from Mount Barker station. [2] Until 2005, SteamRanger ran a Junction Jogger service from Mount Barker station to this location, but ceased probably due to a worn-out track along this section. [3]

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