Avenue railway station was located on the Kingston SE railway line. It served the locality of Avenue Range, South Australia.
History An isolated line was authorised by the South-Eastern Railway Act in 1871 and completed in 1876 from the port at Kingston SE inland via Lucindale to Naracoorte as narrow gauge. For the first six months after the line was completed, no locomotives were available, so wagons on the line were towed by horses. It was converted to broad gauge with a new terminus one kilometre east of Kingston, on the edge of the port township in 1957 although it is unclear when Avenue station was opened.
In 1941, the station was burnt down by a fire.Avenue Railway Station Destroyed by Fire. 4 March 1941
The line through Avenue was closed on 28 November 1987 and was removed on 15 September 1991;Diesel Days on the Kingston S.E. Goods Milne, Rod Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, October, 1997 pp356-364 The station shelter remains at the site in a dismantled condition.
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