Moorlands railway station was located on the Pinnaroo railway line. It served the locality of Moorlands, South Australia.
Moorlands | |||||||||||
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Coordinates | 35°17′23″S 139°38′36″E / 35.2897838963542°S 139.643370032017°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | South Australian Railways | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Pinnaroo line | ||||||||||
Distance | 132 kilometres from Adelaide | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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Status | Demolished | ||||||||||
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Closed | 1968 | ||||||||||
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History
editIt is unclear when the station opened. The station had its own station master provided, along with a railway siding.[1] It is believed to be named after Moorlands near London in England.[2] The station closed to regular passengers in 1968 [3] and the line became disused in July 2015.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ Moorlands, South Australia
- ^ Names of South Australian Railway stations with meanings and derivations
- ^ 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.