Georgetown railway station
Georgetown | |||||||||||
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| Former Australian National regional rail | |||||||||||
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| Line(s) | Gladstone line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 204 kilometres from Adelaide | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Status | Closed and demolished | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1894 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 9 November 1981 (Freight) 7 November 1982 (Passengers) | ||||||||||
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Georgetown railway station was located on the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line. It served the town of Georgetown, South Australia.
History
[edit]Georgetown railway station opened in 1894 when the railway line was extended from Blyth to Gladstone. [1] The station was most likely named after George Fisher, who owned Bundaleer Station. The township of Georgetown was laid in 1889 [2] and was a part of the Bundaleer Estate. [3] The station building at Georgetown was similar to the one at Yacka with being a timber framed building with a skillion roof on one end. Other facilities at the station included waiting rooms, goods shed, station master's office and gardens. During some time, it also had a oil store. Stations Remembered SAR - Abbeville & Georgetown. On 22 June 1925, a loading race and cattle crush were erected at the station. On 1 August 1927, the line through Georgetown was converted from narrow gauge to broad gauge. [4]
As of 1966, station facilities at Georgetown included a side loading sheep race, cattle race, trough and water pigs, wetting down facility at loading point, road ramps for loading and unloading livestock like sheep or pigs, stock yards, goods crane and platform. The wheat shed was removed in 1967. Stations Remembered SAR - Abbeville & Georgetown.
The station building at Georgetown was demolished and replaced with a small corrugated iron shed. Georgetown became an unattended station in 1977. In 1978, the station and all associated infrastructure were included in the transfer of South Australian Railways to Australian National. The station closed to goods and parcels traffic in November 1981 and closed to passengers in November 1982. The last passenger train to use the station was a farewell tour with three Bluebird railcars to Gladstone. Stations Remembered SAR - Abbeville & Georgetown. The line through Georgetown closed on 11 May 1988 [5] Removal of the tracks and infrastructure began in the early 1990s and was completed by the end of 1992; there is no longer any trace of the station.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Snowtown, a Railway Crossroads". Snowtown Museum. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "Georgetown". Northern Areas Council. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ Names Of South Australian Railway Stations 24 March 1915
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Stations Remembered: SAR – Abbeville and Georgetown by Steve McNicol – Paperback – 1st Edition 1st Printing – 2021 – from Train World Pty Ltd (SKU: ARMP-0223)". Biblio.com.au. Retrieved 5 April 2022.