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Saints railway station was located on the Balaklava-Moonta railway line in the locality of Saints, South Australia.

History

Saints opened in 1870 on the isolated horse-drawn and gravity operated tramway from the plains east of Port Wakefield in the areas of Balaklava, Halbury and Hoyle's Plains (now Hoyleton). The station at Saints was named after John Saint, an early settler in that area. The facilities at Saints in the mid 1960s were listed to be a ramp, waiting shed and a platform and in the earlier days, a ticket office was also at the station later doubled as the local post office. Saints station closed on 1 November 1970 and the station and it's facilities were demolished an year later but the station sign was relocated to the southern side of the station site at an entrance to a family property.

References

1. "PORT WAKEFIELD RAILWAY". The South Australian Advertiser. Vol. XII, no. 3385. South Australia. 21 August 1869. p. 2. Retrieved 24 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "THE PORT WAKEFIELD AND HOYLE'S PLAINS TRAMWAY, AND THE DISTRICT THROUGH WHICH IT PASSES". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. VI, no. 1, 808. South Australia. 27 November 1869. p. 2 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 24 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
3. Names-Of-South-Australian-Railway-Stations-with-meanings-and-derivations
4. Stations Remembered SAR - Bowmans Balaklava & Owen. p. 11.

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