Bordertown | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Eastbound view, October 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Hay Avenue, Bordertown | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°18′38″S 140°46′38″E / 36.3105°S 140.7773°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Journey Beyond | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Adelaide-Wolseley | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 293.90 kilometres from Adelaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Bordertown railway station is located on the Adelaide to Wolseley line in Bordertown.
History
[edit]The railway arrived in Bordertown on 22 September 1881 when the Kingston SE to Narracoorte line was extended north.[1] It was connected via rail to Adelaide in 1886 with the arrival of the Adelaide-Wolseley line. The current station was built in 1914.[2]
The railway station was listed on the South Australian Heritage Register on 22 September 1994.
Services
[edit]The only passenger rail service which stops at the station is Journey Beyond's twice weekly Overland service operating between Adelaide and Melbourne.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Callaghan, WH (1992). The Overland Railway. Sydney: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 35. ISBN 0 909650 29 2.
- ^ Bordertown Sydney Morning Herald 17 February 2005
- ^ The Overland Timetable 3 January 2021 Archived 15 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine Journey Beyond