Paskeville railway station was located on the Balaklava-Moonta railway line. It served the town of Paskeville, South Australia.
Paskeville | |||||||||||
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| Location | Railway Terrace, Paskeville, South Australia | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Australian National | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Balaklava-Moonta line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Status | Demolished | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1878 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1968 | ||||||||||
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History
editOpening
editPaskeville railway station opened in 1878 with the opening of the railway line from Port Wakefield to Kadina.[1][2] It consisted of a railway yard [3] and a railway siding.[4] It had also had a goods shed but it was burnt down and never rebuilt.[5] A railway line was proposed to run from Paskeville to the town of Maitland but it was never built.[6]
Closure and demolition
editThe station closed to regular passenger use in 1968.[7] In 1978, the station and all associated infrastructure was included in the transfer of South Australian Railways to Australian National. The railway line from Balaklava to Paskeville closed on 4 April 1984 but the line from Kadina to Paskeville remained open until 14 March 1990.[8] The railway line and station was completely removed.
Present day
editAs of 2024, the goods crane and the station sign are the only evidence of the station remaining.[9]
References
edit- ^ "THE PORT WAKEFIELD AND KADINA RAILWAY". South Australian Register. Vol. XLIII, no. 9953. South Australia. 8 October 1878. p. 6. Retrieved 24 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Paskeville Home Page
- ^ PASKEVILLE STATION YARD. 10 September 1907
- ^ PASKEVILLE AND KULPARA. 18 September 1907
- ^ PASKEVILLE 4 March 1904
- ^ searchTerm=Paskeville%20railway%20station Paskeville-Maitland Railway 2 June 1924
- ^ Railways and Colonisation in South Australia
- ^ Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 56–58. ISBN 0-909650-49-7.
- ^ Paskeville Railway Station