Point Pass railway station explained

Point Pass
Type:Former Australian National regional rail
Coordinates:-34.08°N 139.05°W
Distance:123 kilometres from Adelaide
Line:Robertstown railway line
Structure:Ground
Platform:1
Operator:South Australian Railways 1914–1975
Australian National 1975–1990
Status:Closed and demolished

Point Pass was a station on the Robertstown railway line serving the South Australian Mid North town of Point Pass.

History

Point Pass railway station opened on 9 December 1914 after a railway line to Robertstown was built from Eudunda on the Morgan railway line, going through Point Pass on the way.[1] Point Pass served both passengers and freight. The station closed as regular passenger services ceased on 23 September 1962. The station was demolished soon after, but the station sign was left at the site. With traffic on the line dwindling, the last passenger train to pass the station was run by Train Tour Promotions using locomotive 804 to farewell the line on 20 May 1989.[2] Less than a year later, the final train to pass the station, a grain train departed Robertstown on 21 February 1990. AN formally closed the line on 25 February 1990.

Present Day

No remains are left at the station site, having been demolished after the cessation of passenger services and the station sign being removed in later years.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ROBERTSTOWN RAILWAY. THE OPENING CEREMONY. A RED-LETTER DAY IN THE DISTRICT.. The Advertiser . Advertiser . 10 December 1914 . 21 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Kapunda's Railways: Part 2 "The Line Opens" . Allen Tiller . The Haunts of Adelaide: History, Mystery and the Paranormal . 18 February 2014 . 21 June 2021.