Pooraka railway station

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's name was changed to Pooraka in 1940, matching the name of the then sparsely populated suburb nearby.

[1][2] Pooraka was a busy location, conducting livestock movements in and out of the adjacent abattoirs and sale yards.

[2] Some cattle trains still used the nearby stock ramp sidings until the early 1990s.

The signal cabin and station shelter were demolished; as of 2020[update] both platforms were still in place, heavily overgrown.