Upper Sturt railway station

Upper Sturt railway station was located on the Adelaide-Wolseley line serving the Adelaide Hills suburb of Upper Sturt.[1] It was located 29.3 km from Adelaide station.

Upper Sturt
LocationStation Road, Upper Sturt
Coordinates35.01317°S 138.69082°E / -35.01317; 138.69082
Operated byState Transport Authority
Line(s)Adelaide-Wolseley
Distance29.31 kilometres from Adelaide
Platforms1
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Closed23 September 1987
Services
Preceding station   TransAdelaide   Following station
Nalawort
toward Adelaide
Bridgewater line
toward Bridgewater

History

It is unclear when the station was opened. It consisted of one 81 metre platform with a waiting shelter. Prior to 1956 the station was quite substantial, with an enclosed waiting room and ticket office. There was a relatively short section of masonry platform (approx 20 m) and a long wooden section. In the Black Sunday bushfires of 1955 all but the masonry section of the platform was totally destroyed.

The station closed on 23 September 1987, when the State Transport Authority withdrew Bridgewater line services between Belair and Bridgewater. The platform has since been demolished (approx 1993).

When the adjoining Nalawort station closed on 12 December 1945, Upper Sturt become the second railway station on the South Australian Railways system to have a tunnel between it and the next station in either direction. When Upper Sturt closed, Eden Hills became unique in this regard, although by then the South Australian Railways had ceased to exist.

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References
  1. Callaghan, WH (1992). The Overland Railway. Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 244. ISBN 0 909650 29 2.

South Australian Railways Working Timetable Book No. 265 effective 30 June 1974

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