Bordertown railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in South Australia}}

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|image_caption = Eastbound view, October 2013

|address = Hay Avenue, Bordertown

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|distance = 293.90 kilometres from Adelaide

|line = Adelaide-Wolseley

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|opened = 1914

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|status = Unstaffed

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Bordertown railway station is located on the Adelaide to Wolseley line in Bordertown, Australia.

History

The railway arrived in Bordertown on 22 September 1881 when the Kingston SE to Narracoorte line was extended north.{{cite book|last1=Callaghan|first1=WH|title=The Overland Railway|date=1992|publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society|location=Sydney|isbn=0 909650 29 2|page=35}} It was connected via rail to Adelaide in 1886 with the arrival of the Adelaide-Wolseley line. The current station was built in 1914.[https://web.archive.org/web/20131222022639/http://www.smh.com.au/news/South-Australia/Bordertown/2005/02/17/1108500204175.html Bordertown] Sydney Morning Herald 17 February 2005

The railway station was listed on the South Australian Heritage Register on 22 September 1994.

Services

The only passenger rail service which stops at the station is Journey Beyond's twice weekly Overland service operating between Adelaide and Melbourne.[https://journeybeyondrail.com.au/guest-information/fares-and-timetables/the-overland-2021-fares-timetable/ The Overland Timetable 3 January 2021] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415043404/https://journeybeyondrail.com.au/guest-information/fares-and-timetables/the-overland-2021-fares-timetable/ |date=15 April 2021 }} Journey Beyond

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