Pooraka | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | West of the Gawler Road, now named Main North Road Pooraka | ||||||||||
| Operated by | South Australian Railways to 1975 then Australian National Railways Commission (AN) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Northfield railway line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 12.9 km from Adelaide | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 20 sidings | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Mostly demolished | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1913 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 29 May 1987 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
Livestock transport, low-frequency passenger; rolling stock storage
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Pooraka railway station was located approximately 12.9 km by rail from Adelaide on the former 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi) long Northfield branch line that opened in June 1857. The station opened as Abattoirs railway station on 12 July 1913, when the adjacent Gepps Cross Abattoirs also opened. The station's livestock sidings extended for most of the 970 metres (1060 yards) of the line between Port Wakefield Road and the Gawler Road (later Main North Road).