Abbeville railway station, South Australia
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Abbeville | |||||||||||
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| Line(s) | Gladstone line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 197 kilometres from Adelaide | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Status | Closed and demolished | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 28 January 1925 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1 October 1958 | ||||||||||
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Abbeville was a railway siding on the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line in the locality of Abbeville, South Australia. It was located 197 kilometers from Adelaide by rail. It opened in 1925 and closed in 1958.
History
[edit]The railway line was extended from Blyth to Gladstone in 1894. [1] Abbeville siding officially opened on 28 January 1925 consisting of a 201 metres long siding and a grain stacking yard.Stations Remembered SAR - Abbeville & Georgetown. On 1 August 1927, the line through Abbeville was converted from narrow gauge to broad gauge.[2]
Abbeville was listed as an unattended siding in 1928. On 1 October 1958, Abbeville closed to all traffic, passengers, goods, parcels and livestock. On 15 October the same year, the siding was spiked ready to be removed. Stations Remembered SAR - Abbeville & Georgetown. The line through Abbeville closed on 11 May 1988 [3] and the line was dismantled and all traces of the Abbeville siding were removed.
On 16th May 2021, a group of local Abbeville residents unveiled a new Abbeville station sign and milepost on the site where the original siding once stood.Stations Remembered SAR - Abbeville & Georgetown.
References
[edit]- ^ "Snowtown, a Railway Crossroads". Snowtown Museum. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "The Big Push". Register. August 1927 – via Trove.
- ^ Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 56, 58. ISBN 0-909650-49-7.