Lameroo railway station was located on the Pinnaroo railway line. It served the town of Lameroo, South Australia.
Lameroo | |||||||||||
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Location | Railway Terrace, Lameroo, South Australia | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°19′50″S 140°30′58″E / 35.33057827959299°S 140.51616146776607°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | South Australian Railways | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Pinnaroo line | ||||||||||
Distance | 202 kilometres from Adelaide | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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Status | Closed | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 14 September 1906 | ||||||||||
Closed | 1968 | ||||||||||
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History
editLameroo railway station opened on 14 September 1906 when the railway line was opened from Tailem Bend to Pinnaroo.[1] When opened, the station consisted of a main building (an iron shed) and a platform.[2] A goods shed was erected in 1908.[3] The station was rebuilt around 1914.[4] The station closed to regular passengers in 1968.[5] In July 2015, the line through Lameroo became disused after rail haulage was supplanted by road transport.[6][7] The station office has been preserved as a railway museum.[8]
References
edit- ^ Newland, Andrew; Quinlan, Howard (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 53, 56. ISBN 0-909650-49-7.
- ^ Lameroo Railway Station
- ^ Railway Matters
- ^ New Railway Station 4 December 1914
- ^ Pinnaroo line
- ^ Freight Study & Rail Operations Investigation Archived 16 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine Flywheel Advisory 17 November 2014
- ^ Strathearn, Peri (21 May 2015). "End of line for Murraylands, Mallee grain trains". The Murray Valley Standard. Fairfax Regional Media. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ Lameroo