Owen railway station was located on the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line. It served the rural community of Owen, South Australia.
Owen | |||||||||||
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| Location | Railway Terrace, Owen, South Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°16′10″S 138°32′54″E / 34.26955906519865°S 138.54830217979662°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Aurizon | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Australian National | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 93.8 kilometres from Adelaide | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Status | Closed and demolished | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 15 January 1880 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1982 (passengers) 2005 (freight) | ||||||||||
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History
editOwen railway station opened on 15 January 1880 when the narrow gauge railway line opened from Hamley Bridge to Balaklava (later extended to Blyth and Gladstone) by 1894).[1] The station was named after John Owen, the person who possessed the land in the locality.[2] When the station first opened, it only consisted of a platform and a siding[1] but improvements like a new station building with a station master appointed[3] and a goods platform with a crane were added.[4]
On 1 August 1927, the line through Owen was gauge converted to 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm).[5]
Barley silos were built in the 1960s, and the later one doubled the storage space.[6]
In 1978, the station and all associated infrastructure was included in the transfer of South Australian Railways to Australian National. The Bluebird railcar service to Gladstone ceased by 1982.[7] The station was most likely demolished sometime after leaving only the railway yards, silos and the siding. In 1997, the railway line and yards were included in the transfer of Australian National's freight assets to Australian Southern Railroad (later known as One Rail Australia.) Grain trains last used the silos at Owen in 2005.[8] The railway line and yards were included in Aurizon's purchase of One Rail Australia in 2022.
References
edit- ^ a b "Hamley Bridge and Balaklava Railway". South Australian Register. Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 26 November 1879. p. 5. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Names of South Australian Railway Stations with meanings and derivations
- ^ NEW RAILWAY STATION. OWEN 9 August 1907
- ^ OWEN 29 September 1910
- ^ "Railways – Gladstone SA". Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ HERITAGE SURVEY OF THE LOWER NORTH
- ^ Contemplari (11 May 2017), Brinkworth Railway - The Farmer's Friend provided grain bulk handling and transport by rail. Rail transport ended in 1989 to be followed by road transport. Mid North South Australia, Flickr, retrieved 4 September 2024
- ^ Owen Railway Siding