Pikkara_railway_station

Pikkara railway station

Pikkara railway station

Former railway station in South Australia, Australia

Pikkara is a closed railway station in Adelaide, South Australia. It was a ground level stopping place during the passenger transport days of this line, and a 1965 reference mentioned that it was no longer used at that date.[citation needed] It was located just north of McMurtrie Road on the southeastern outskirts of McLaren Vale.[1]

Quick Facts General information, Location ...
km
0.0
 Adelaide
21.4
 Hallett Cove
Hallett Cove (original site)
1915–74
Seaford line
Patpa
26.4
 Happy Valley
28.2
 Reynella
29.6
 Pimpala
30.8
 Coorara
32.2
 Morphett Vale
 Yetto
34.5
 Hackham
 Korro
38.9
 Noarlunga
Seaford Meadows
Seaford
Moana
to Aldinga
(corridor reserved)
Tuni
 McLaren Vale
 Pikkara
 Willunga
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The stop is now completely disused, the entire Willunga railway line having been dismantled in 1972 and later replaced with the Coast to Vines Rail Trail.

References

  1. [1]
    "Coast to Vines rail Trail" (PDF). Railtrails Australia. January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2016 – via City of Onkaparinga.
  • Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin No 336, October 1965


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