Port Lincoln railway station

Port Lincoln
Port Lincoln station in August 2005
General information
Location	Railway Place, Port Lincoln
Coordinates	34.7242°S 135.8671°E / -34.7242; 135.8671
Owned by	Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure
Operated by	South Australian Railways
Line(s)	Eyre Peninsula Railway
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Closed
History
Opened	1908
Closed	1968
Rebuilt	1927

Port Lincoln railway station is located on the Eyre Peninsula Railway in the South Australian city of Port Lincoln.

History

The original Port Lincoln station opened in 1908 with a timber building. It was replaced by a two-storey stone and reinforced concrete building in 1927.^[1] As well as serving as the South Australian Railways' Eyre Peninsula Railway divisional headquarters, the Adelaide Steamship Company had an office and waiting room within the station. The station closed in 1968 with the cessation of passenger services.^[2] It was added to the South Australian Heritage Register in 1993.^[3][4][5]

Current use of building

The Eyre Peninsula Railway Preservation Society opened in September 1999 on the ground floor with the freight shed opening as an extension in December 2004. It does have some former South Australian Railways and Coffin Bay Tramway wagons as well as an 830 class locomotive, number 850.^[4][6]

References

1. Port Lincoln Railway Station Adelaide Advertiser 1 September 1925 page 16
2. Catering Facilities of the Former South Australian Railways Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 706 August 1996 page 235
3. Port Lincoln railway station South Australian Heritage Register
4. Knife, Peter (2006). Peninsula Pioneer. Wahroonga: Peter Knife. pp. 162, 173, 321. ISBN 0975783505.
5. Railway Museum celebrates 90th anniversary of building Port Lincoln Times 2 May 2017
6. Port Lincoln Railway Museum Eyre Peninsula Railway Preservation Society

External links

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