Yantaringa railway station, South Australia
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Yantaringa railway station was located about 41 km by rail from Adelaide Railway Station
Adelaide Railway Station
Adelaide Railway Station is the central terminus of the Adelaide Metro railway system. It is at on the north side of North Terrace, west of Parliament House. The Adelaide Casino is in part of the building that is no longer required for the station....

. Yantaringa (which takes its name from an aboriginal word for "big lookout") was on the Melbourne-Adelaide railway in the Adelaide Hills suburb of Verdun
Verdun, South Australia
Verdun is a small town in the Adelaide Hills, Australia, on the road from Hahndorf to Balhannah.Verdun is approximately 4 km from Hahndorf and 5 km from Bridgewater. There is one school, one pub and a general store....

, and is a few hundred metres to the east of the Yantaringa Tunnel.

The station/siding opened in the late 19th century (c1883).

In 1925 it became a stopping place for rail motors.

The station/siding closed in 1964.
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