Long Gully railway station

Long Gully
Railways in Adelaide - List of Railway Stations
Train Services
Location
Street	n/a
Suburb	Belair
Distance from Adelaide	~26.7 km
Access by	n/a (Station closed)
Frequency
Hi-Frequency Station	n/a
Peak Frequency	n/a
Weekday Frequency	n/a
Weekend Frequency	n/a
Night Frequency	n/a
Facilities
Real Rail Time Display	No
Real Rail Time Speaker	No
Number of Platforms	1 (Not in use)
Platform Layout	Side platform
Toilets	No
Car Parking	No
Bike Storage	No
Lounge	No
Kiosk	No
Wheelchair access	No
Other facilities	None
History
Opened	unknown
Closed	1987
Transfers
Train transfer	None
Bus transfer	None
Adjacent Stations
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Long Gully railway station is located in Belair National Park, South Australia. It is about 26.7km by railway from Adelaide Railway Station. The original plan was for the siding to be named "Minnow". The layout of the passing siding is unusual as, being on an "S" in the main line, traffic in both directions defaulted to the sharper left side while crossing the points to enter the yard - this anomaly was removed during the Adelaide/Melbourne Standardisation Project when the passing siding was replaced by a single line.

Long Gully was a very useful station for hikers and bike riders, as the station was located within the national park.

The station was different from the others on the defunct Bridgewater line, as it consisted of a staffed ticket office/signal cabin, which closed in 1977 with the introduction of Centalised Traffic Control (CTC). There was a single platform on the northern part of the track which was converted from timber to prefabricated concrete in the early 1970s, it also had a small loading platform servicing the siding line.

The station was predominantly staffed by men, housed with their families, in one of three houses within the station yard boundaries.

Long Gully station was closed in 1987 along with the Bridgewater line. The ticket office and nearby houses were demolished shortly after but most of the platform remains in place.

See also

• List of closed Adelaide railway stations
• Bridgewater railway line

References

Callaghan WH. The overland railway. ARHS NSW, St James. 1992.

External links

Links to copyright photos:

• "Bluebird" railcar at Long Gully, 1984
• Freight train passing through Long Gully, 1988