Coomandook railway station was located in the town of
Coomandook, about 153 kilometres from
Adelaide station.
History
Coomandook station was located between
Cooke Plains and
Yumali on the
Adelaide-Wolseley line, and the line through Coomandook was opened in 1886 as part of the extension from
Nairne to
Bordertown.[1] The line opened in stages: on 14 March 1883 from
Adelaide to
Aldgate, on 28 November 1883 to Nairne, on 1 May 1886 to Bordertown and on 19 January 1887 to
Serviceton.[2] However, a station at Coomandook was not included as part of the extension until a grant to build the station was made in 1910 and it was opened on 1 May 1912.[3][4] The original station was replaced with a smaller brick building and platform in later years. This station design was also used at other stations on the
Tailem Bend-
Wolseley section of the line. The station closed on 31 December 1990 upon cessation of all
AN intrastate services in
South Australia. It remains in situ but has since been abandoned.[5]
Gallery
Railway station building viewed from the north east side
Railway station building viewed from the north side
Railway station building viewed from the north west side
Railway station building viewed from the south side
Railway station building viewed from the south east side
Railway crane and silos
Railway crane relocated to the adjacent highway rest stop
Grain silos owned by Viterra
Km post showing 153km by rail from Adelaide
References
^"THE OVERLAND RAILWAY". Adelaide Observer. Vol. XLIII, no. 2316. South Australia. 20 February 1886. p. 33. Retrieved 30 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^Newland, Andrew; Quinlan, Howard (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 53.
ISBN0-909650-49-7.
^"COOMANDOOK". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXV, no. 19, 977. South Australia. 21 November 1910. p. 3. Retrieved 10 November 2022 – via National Library of Australia.