Yantaringa railway station explained

Yantaringa
Type:	Former South Australian Railways regional rail
Style:	Australian Rail Track Corporation
Coordinates:	-35.023°N 138.7285°W
Distance:	41.0 kilometres from Adelaide
Line:	Adelaide-Wolseley
Structure:	Ground
Platform:	1
Tracks:	1
Opened:	1880s
Closed:	1964
Operator:	State Transport Authority
Status:	Closed

Yantaringa railway station was located about 41 kilometres from Adelaide railway station on the Adelaide to Wolseley railway line.

History

Yantaringa station and siding opened sometime around 1883. The station, which takes its name from an Aboriginal word for "big lookout",^[1] was located in the Adelaide Hills suburb of Verdun, and is a few hundred metres to the east of the Yantaringa Tunnel.^[2]

In 1925 it became a stopping place for rail motors.^[3] The station/siding closed in 1964.^[4]

See also

• Bridgewater railway line

Notes and References

1. Web site: Habel Landing – Hamley Bridge . 21 June 2006 . 2008-08-22 . State Library of South Australia.
2. Callaghan WH. The overland railway. ARHS NSW, St James. 1992.
3. http://www.wilsonvineyard.com.au/the_trains/wn_1925.html Yantaringa (near Ambleside) – open as stopping place for rail motor
4. http://www.wilsonvineyard.com.au/the_trains/wn_1964.html Yantaringa (Bridgewater – Ambleside) – closed