Sherlock railway station was located on the Pinnaroo railway line. It served the town of Sherlock, South Australia.
Sherlock | |||||||||||
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| Location | Railway Terrace, Sherlock, South Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°19′05″S 139°48′06″E / 35.31807367631159°S 139.8017810234629°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 | Closed, mostly demolished | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | January 1913 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1968 | ||||||||||
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History
editSherlock railway station opened in January 1913 on the railway line from Tailem Bend to Pinnaroo. The station had its own station master provided, along with a railway siding and an office for the station master. [1] The station closed to regular passengers in 1968 [2] and the line became disused in July 2015. [3][4]
References
edit- ^ SHERLOCK RAILWAY SIDING 1 January 1913
- ^ 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.