Taringa railway station, South Australia
Taringa railway station was a ground level stopping place during the passenger transport days of the Willunga railway line which opened in 1915, and a 1965 reference mentioned that it was no longer used at that date.
Taringa | |||||||||||
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| Location | South Australia Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35.23575°S 138.55721°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | South Australian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | South Australian Railways | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Willunga railway line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | ground level | ||||||||||
| Train operators | South Australian Railways | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 January 1915 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1969 | ||||||||||
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The Willunga railway line was dismantled in 1972 and later replaced by the Coast to Vines Rail Trail. Taringa is marked by a picnic shelter near Binney Road between McLaren Vale and Willunga.[1]
References
- "Coast to Vines rail Trail" (PDF). Railtrails Australia. January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2016 – via City of Onkaparinga.
- Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin No 336, October 1965
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