Pooraka railway station was located approximately 12.9 km by rail from Adelaide on the former long

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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 of the line between Port Wakefield Road and the Gawler Road (later

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History

The station's name was changed to Pooraka in 1940, matching the name of the then sparsely populated suburb nearby. Pooraka was a busy location, conducting livestock movements in and out of the adjacent abattoirs and sale yards.
Pooraka closed as an attended station in October 1982 and closed to passenger services on 29 May 1987. Some cattle trains still used the nearby stock ramp sidings until the early 1990s. The signal cabin and station shelter were demolished; both platforms were still in place, heavily overgrown.

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Pooraka station

Northfield railway line - Pooraka

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