Yacka | |
Coordinates: | -33.5755°N 138.4427°W |
Distance: | 172 kilometres from Adelaide |
Line: | Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line |
Structure: | Ground |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Opened: | 2 July 1894 |
Closed: | 1982 ((passengers) 29 March 1989 (freight) |
Operator: | Australian National |
Status: | Closed and demolished |
Yacka railway station was located on the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line. It served the town of Yacka, South Australia.
Yacka railway station opened when the railway line from Blyth to Gladstone reached it on 2 July 1894. The line was built as narrow gauge .[1] The station was a wooden railway station building with a wooden flat roof.[2] There were also rail bridges in the town which were constructed over the Broughton River.[3]
On 1 August 1927, the line was gauge converted to .[4]
The South Australian Railways Bluebird railcar service to Gladstone ceased by 1982. The remaining freight services ceased in 1989 and the line was removed not long after.[5] The only evidence of the station left today is the station sign.[6]