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Abbeville was a railway siding on the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone railway line in the locality of Abbeville, South Australia. It was located 197 kilometers from Adelaide by rail. It opened in 1925 and closed in 1958.

History

The railway line was extended from Blyth to Gladstone in 1894. Abbeville siding officially opened on 28 January 1925 consisting of a 201 metres long siding and a grain stacking yard. On 1 August 1927, the line through Abbeville was converted from narrow gauge to broad gauge.

Abbeville was listed as an unattended siding in 1928. On 1 October 1958, Abbeville closed to all traffic, passengers, goods, parcels and livestock. On 15 October the same year, the siding was spiked ready to be removed. The line through Abbeville closed on 11 May 1988 and the line was dismantled and all traces of the Abbeville siding were removed.

On 16 May 2021, a group of local Abbeville residents unveiled a new Abbeville station sign and milepost on the site where the original siding once stood.

References

1. "Snowtown, a Railway Crossroads". Snowtown Museum. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
2. Stations Remembered SAR - Abbeville & Georgetown.
3. "The Big Push". Register. August 1927 – via Trove.
4. Stations Remembered SAR - Abbeville & Georgetown.
5. Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 56, 58. ISBN 0-909650-49-7.
6. Stations Remembered SAR - Abbeville & Georgetown.

• Disused railway stations in South Australia
• Railway stations in Australia opened in 1925
• Railway stations closed in 1958