Pimpala is a closed railway station in Adelaide, South Australia. It was a ground level stopping place during the passenger transport days of this line, and a 1965 reference mentioned that it was no longer used at that date.
Pimpala railway station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°06′16″S 138°31′46″E / 35.10447°S 138.52936°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | South Australian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | South Australian Railways | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Willunga railway line | ||||||||||
| Train operators | South Australian Railways | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 January 1915 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1969 | ||||||||||
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The stop is now completely disused, the entire Willunga railway line having been dismantled in 1972, and now replaced by the Coast to Vines Rail Trail. The Pimpala station was on the north side of Pimpala Road where the trail crosses that road in Old Reynella.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Placename Details: Pimpala Railway Station". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. SA0025564. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin No 336, October 1965
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