Structure type Ground Closed 1996 Platforms in use 1 | Status Closed Opened 7 October 1913 | |
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Location Railway Terrace, Tailem Bend Line(s) Adelaide-Wolseley
Loxton
Pinnaroo Distance 120.50 kilometres from Adelaide Address Tailem Bend SA 5259, Australia | ||
Tailem Bend railway station is located on the Adelaide-Wolseley line in Tailem Bend, South Australia. It is also the junction point for the Loxton and Pinnaroo lines.
History
Tailem Bend station opened on 7 October 1913 as a station on the Adelaide-Wolseley line. It became a junction station with the Pinnaroo line constructed in 1906 and the Brown's Well line in 1913. The Brown's Well line was eventually extended to Barmera in 1928, and had several branches with trains that operated back to Tailem Bend. Trains on the Peebinga, Loxton, Moorook and Waikerie lines all passed through Tailem Bend. On 27 June 1926, locomotive servicing facilities were opened including a roundhouse.
All were built as broad gauge lines. In 1995, as part of the One Nation program the Adelaide-Wolseley line was converted to standard gauge. Thus Tailem Bend became a break of gauge station. In 1998, the remaining branch lines to Pinnaroo and Loxton were converted to standard gauge. These two lines, which are exclusively served by grain trains, are expected to close in July 2015.
On 22 May 2005, the station was reopened as a museum.