Yantaringa railway station

Yantaringa railway station was located about 41 kilometres from Adelaide railway station on the Adelaide to Wolseley railway line.

Yantaringa
Coordinates
Operated byState Transport Authority
Line(s)Adelaide-Wolseley
Distance41.0 kilometres from Adelaide
Platforms1
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened1880s
Closed1964
Services
Preceding station   TransAdelaide   Following station
toward Adelaide
Adelaide-Wolseley line
toward Wolseley

History

Yantaringa station and siding opened sometime around 1883. The station, which takes its name from an aboriginal word for "big lookout",[1] was located in the Adelaide Hills suburb of Verdun, and is a few hundred metres to the east of the Yantaringa Tunnel.[2]

In 1925 it became a stopping place for rail motors.[3] The station/siding closed in 1964.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Habel Landing – Hamley Bridge". State Library of South Australia. 21 June 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  2. Callaghan WH. The overland railway. ARHS NSW, St James. 1992.
  3. Yantaringa (near Ambleside) – open as stopping place for rail motor, SA Railways weekly notices, 1925, week 16.
  4. Yantaringa (Bridgewater – Ambleside) – closed , SA Railways weekly notices, 1964, week 28.


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