Ghost Stations - Disused Railway Stations in South Australia

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1. Aldgate railway station, Adelaide
2. Ambleside railway station
3. Balhannah railway station
4. Bridgewater railway station
5. Carripook railway station
6. Cheltenham Racecourse railway station, Adelaide
7. Clapham railway station, Adelaide
8. Coorara railway station
9. G.M.H. railway station
10. Hackham railway station
11. Happy Valley railway station
12. Heathfield railway station, Adelaide
13. Henley Beach railway station
14. Hilra railway station
15. Holdens railway station
16. Islington Works railway station
17. Jibilla railway station
18. Korro railway station
19. Long Gully railway station
20. McLaren Vale railway station
21. Madurta railway station
22. Marlborough Street railway station
23. Mile End Goods railway station
24. Millswood railway station
25. Moana railway station
26. Morphett Vale railway station
27. Mount Barker Junction railway station
28. Mount Barker railway station
29. Mount Lofty railway station
30. Nairne railway station
31. Nalawort railway station
32. National Park railway station
33. Noarlunga railway station
34. Northfield railway station, Adelaide
35. Nurragi railway station
36. Old Grange railway station
37. Patpa railway station
38. Penfield 1 railway station
39. Penfield 2 railway station
40. Penfield 3 railway station
41. Pikkara railway station
42. Pimpala railway station
43. Pooraka railway station
44. Port Dock railway station
45. Reynella railway station
46. Rosewater railway station
47. Sleeps Hill railway station
48. South Brighton railway station, Adelaide
49. Taringa railway station, Adelaide
50. Torrens Bridge railway station
51. Tube Mills railway station
52. Tuni railway station
53. Upper Sturt railway station
54. Willunga railway station
55. Yantaringa railway station
56. Yetto railway station

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Disused_railway_stations_in_South_Australia

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Ghost stations is the usual English translation for the German word Geisterbahnhöfe. This term was used to describe certain stations on Berlin's U-Bahn and S-Bahn metro networks that were closed during the period of Berlin's division during the Cold War. Since then, the term has come to be used to describe any disused station on an underground railway line, especially those actively passed through by passenger trains.

An abandoned (or disused) railway station is a building or structure which was constructed to serve as a railway station but has fallen into disuse. There are various circumstances when this may occur - a railway company may fall bankrupt, or the station may be closed due to the failure of economic activitiy such as insufficient passenger numbers, operational reasons such as the diversion or replacement of the line. In some instances, the railway line may continue in operation while the station is closed. Additionally, stations may sometimes be resited along the route of the line to new premises - examples of this include opening a replacement station nearer to the centre of population, or building a larger station on a less restricted site to cope with high passenger numbers.

Notable cases where railway stations have fallen into disuse include the Beeching Axe, a 1960s programme of mass closures of unprofitable railway lines by the British Government. The London Underground system is also noted for its list of closed stations. During the time of the Berlin Wall, a number of Berlin U-Bahn stations on West Berlin lines became "ghost stations" (Geisterbahnhöfe) because they were on lines which passed through East Berlin territory.

Railway stations and lines which fall into disuse may become overgrown. Some former railway lines are repurposed as managed nature reserves, trails or other tourist attractions - for example Hellfire Pass, the route of the former "Death Railway" in Thailand. Many former railways are converted into long-distance cycleways, such as large sections of the National Cycle Network in the United Kingdom. In rural areas, former railway station buildings are often converted into private residences. Examples include many of the stations on the closed Didcot, Newbury and Southampto