Yacka railway station
Yacka | |||||||||||
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.jpg) Load test of the Yacka railway bridge, 1894 | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 33°34′32″S 138°26′34″E / 33.575468522864924°S 138.44269201019458°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Australian National | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 172 kilometres from Adelaide | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Status | Closed and demolished | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 2 July 1894 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1982 ((passengers) 29 March 1989 (freight) | ||||||||||
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Yacka railway station was located on the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line. It served the town of Yacka, South Australia.
History
[edit]Yacka railway station opened when the railway line from Blyth to Gladstone reached it on 2 July 1894. The line was built as narrow gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in).[1] The station was a wooden railway station building with a wooden flat roof.[2] There were also rail bridges in the town which were constructed over the Broughton River.[3]
On 1 August 1927, the line was gauge converted to 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm).[4]
The South Australian Railways Bluebird railcar service to Gladstone ceased by 1982. The remaining freight services ceased in 1989 and the line was removed not long after.[5] The only evidence of the station left today is the station sign.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Snowtown, a Railway Crossroads". Snowtown Museum. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ Two small boys standing near the wooden railway station building at Yacka
- ^ 125 Years Settlement of Yacka
- ^ "Railways – Gladstone SA". Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 56, 58. ISBN 0-909650-49-7.
- ^ Yacka. The old South Australian Railways station sign with some track behind the Institute