Yantaringa railway station

Yantaringa
Coordinates Coordinates: 35°01′23″S 138°43′43″E / 35.02296°S 138.7285°E / -35.02296; 138.7285
Operated by State Transport Authority
Line(s) Adelaide-Wolseley
Distance 41.0 kilometres from Adelaide
Platforms 1
Tracks 1
Construction
Structure type Ground
Other information
Status Closed
History
Opened 1880s
Closed 1964
Services
Preceding station   TransAdelaide   Following station
toward Adelaide
Adelaide-Wolseley line
toward Wolseley

Yantaringa railway station was located about 41 kilometres from Adelaide railway station on the Adelaide to Wolseley railway line.

History

Yantaringa station and siding opened sometime around 1883. The station, which takes its name from an aboriginal word for "big lookout",[1] was located in the Adelaide Hills suburb of Verdun, and is a few hundred metres to the east of the Yantaringa Tunnel.[2]

In 1925 it became a stopping place for rail motors.[3] The station/siding closed in 1964.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Habel Landing – Hamley Bridge". State Library of South Australia. 21 June 2006. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  2. ↑ Callaghan WH. The overland railway. ARHS NSW, St James. 1992.
  3. ↑ Yantaringa (near Ambleside) – open as stopping place for rail motor, SA Railways weekly notices, 1925, week 16.
  4. ↑ Yantaringa (Bridgewater – Ambleside) – closed , SA Railways weekly notices, 1964, week 28.
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