Yacka railway station explained

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.

History

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Snowtown, a Railway Crossroads . 2024-09-04 . Snowtown Museum . en.
  2. Two small boys standing near the wooden railway station building at Yacka
  3. 125 Years Settlement of Yacka
  4. Web site: Railways – Gladstone SA . 2024-09-04 . en-AU.
  5. Book: Quinlan. Howard. Newland. John. Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. 2000. Australian Railway Historical Society. Redfern. 0-909650-49-7. 56, 58.
  6. Yacka. The old South Australian Railways station sign with some track behind the Institute