Monarto South | |
Type: | Former Australian National regional rail |
Style: | Australian Rail Track Corporation |
Coordinates: | -35.1237°N 139.1271°W |
Distance: | 82.2 kilometres from Adelaide |
Line: | Adelaide-Wolseley Sedan |
Structure: | Ground |
Platform: | 2 (1 island) |
Tracks: | 4 |
Opened: | 1 May 1886 |
Operator: | Australian National |
Status: | Closed |
Monarto South railway station was located on the Adelaide to Wolseley line serving the South Australian town of Monarto South.
The railway station opened on 1 May 1886, following the extension of Adelaide-Wolseley railway line to Bordertown.[1] On 13 October 1919, Monarto South became a junction station with the opening of the Sedan line.[2] [3] It briefly became a break of gauge station in 1995 when the Adelaide to Wolseley line was gauge converted to standard gauge.[4] This ceased when the Sedan line was also converted as far as its then terminus at Apamurra in November 1995.[5] [6] [7] After standardisation, the station was demolished with the station building being preserved at the Old Tailem Town Pioneer Village. The yard used for grain trains have fallen into disuse and trucks now transport grain from the silos, but a 1,550 metre crossing loop remains in use.[8]