Lucindale railway station
Lucindale | |||||||||||
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 The former Lucindale railway station (2016) | |||||||||||
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| Location | Railway Terrace, Lucindale, South Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°58′18″S 140°22′26″E / 36.971727140742594°S 140.37388216656416°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Australian National | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Kingston SE line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 345 kilometres from Adelaide | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Status | Closed, repurposed as a museum | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Closed | 28 November 1987 | ||||||||||
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Lucindale railway station was located on the Kingston SE railway line. It served the town of Lucindale, South Australia.
History
[edit]Lucindale railway station opened in 1876 when a narrow gauge railway line completed in 1876 from the port at Kingston SE inland via Lucindale to Naracoorte. For the first six months after the line was completed, no locomotives were available, so wagons on the line were towed by horses. It was converted to broad gauge with a new terminus one kilometre east of Kingston, on the edge of the port township in 1957.[1] Lucindale station was relocated to the centre of the town when the line was gauge converted.[2] The line through Lucindale was closed on 28 November 1987 and was removed on 15 September 1991;[3] The railway station has since been converted into a museum.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Bell, Peter; Marsden, Susan (29 September 2010). "Kingston SE – An Overview History". Professional Historians Australia (SA) Inc. p. 21. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ Lucindale Station to be Moved 9 March 1954
- ^ Diesel Days on the Kingston S.E. Goods Milne, Rod Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, October, 1997 pp356-364
- ^ Lucindale Historical Society Museum