Willunga railway line

The Willunga railway line ran through the southern Adelaide suburbs^[1] from Hallett Cove to Willunga, over 45-kilometre (28 mi) long (longer than the current Gawler line, 42.2 kilometres (26.2 mi)). The line was opened in Willunga by the Governor of South Australia Sir Henry Galway on 20 January 1915,^[2] and had 16 stations. It closed in 1969 and was dismantled in 1972, but the corridor remains as the 34-kilometre (21 mi) long Coast to Vines Rail Trail. There is some evidence of railway track remaining on this trail, notably near the South Road crossing at Hackham, the top of the Seaford Hill and a small section of track in a paddock adjacent to Victor Harbor Road, McLaren Vale. Occasionally, rails surface through the bitumen at Field Street, McLaren Vale.

Line guide

Willunga railway line Legend To Adelaide 21.4 Hallett Cove Hallett Cove Junction Seaford railway line Patpa 26.4 Happy Valley 28.2 Reynella 29.6 Pimpala Coorara 32.2 Morphett Vale Yetto 34.5 Hackham Korro 38.9 Noarlunga Moana Tuni McLaren Vale Pikkara Taringa Willunga

Reynella Station

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