Port Lincoln Division Stations and Lines

Port Lincoln - Cummins

Opened 18 Nov 1907 (42 miles / 67.5 km)

Miles Km Facilities Location Remarks
0 0 COW Port Lincoln Headquarters of the Port Lincoln Division.
Large yard, extensive port facilities.
Major workshops (since 1929).
Refreshment stall operated from mid-1950s for about a decade.
1 1.5   One Mile Siding Opened around 1919 for SA Wheat Harvest Board.
Closed Mar 1922.
1.5 2.5   Barley Siding Opened 1953-54.
Closed 12 Jun 1974.
1.75 3   (Wheat Siding)
Ravendale
Opened 20 Aug 1956 as Wheat Siding.
Renamed Ravendale 1972.
Closed 1988.
2 3   (Eyre Peninsula Co-operation Ltd Siding)
(Govt Produce Dept Siding)
Samcor Siding
Opened 17 Mar 1924 as Eyre Peninsula Co-Op Siding.
Renamed GPD Siding 1 Apr 1929.
Renamed Samcor Siding 5 Oct 1978.
Closed 22 Sep 1986.
3.25 5.25   Coffin Bay Junction (proposed) Site of junction for proposed SAR branch line to Coffin Bay sand mine, 1961. BHP ultimately built their own line from Proper Bay to the mine.
4 6.5   Four Mile Quarry Siding Opened 1926. Skips used on 2'0" gauge double track inclined way, cable haulage, to two quarry areas.
Quarry closed by 1934.
5 8   (Five Mile Siding)
Grantham
Opened as Five Mile Siding for Australian Wheat Board, 1942.
Land and sidings transferred from AWB to SAR, 1949.
Renamed Grantham 1972/1973.
Weigh-in-motion weighbridge installed Dec 2002.
7.75 12.5   Duck Ponds Opened 16 Jan 1911.
Closed 22 Sep 1986.
12.5 20 W Coomunga Ballast Siding Opened c.1926, gone by 1960,
13.25 21.5 W Coomunga  
15.5 25 W - Emergency water supply
18.75 30   Pearlah Known as Venning's during construction of line.
Closed 1 Apr 1980.
23.5 38 Y Wanilla Load reducing station for 'up' trains.
'Shorts' worked to here from Port Lincoln.
27.25 44   Warunda Closed 1 Aug 1973
31.75 51   (Mortlock)
Edillilie
Opened as Mortlock.
Renamed Edillilie, Oct 1908.
Refreshment stall operated circa 1913-1933.
36.5 59   Pillana Opened 9 Mar 1908.
Closed 1 Apr 1980.
42 67.5 CJWY Cummins Site of major loco depot and workshops, 1915-1929.
Turntable installed 1925, relocated to Mount Hill 1943.
Refreshment kiosk operated early 1920s - 1955.
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Explanation of code letters used in the 'Facilities' column:

  • C - loco coal
  • J - junction station
  • O - turntable
  • W - loco water
  • Y - triangle (wye)