Old Plympton Railway Station: Timeline of Major Events

EVENTS

YEAR

PEOPLE

Holdfast Bay Railway Company  opens its train-line to Glenelg (24^th May)

1880

Tom Dunn joins the Holdfast Bay Railway Company

(15^th December)

Holdfast Bay RC and Adelaide Suburban RC merge to form the Glenelg Railway Company

1881

Collisions between a goods train and a passenger train occurs at Plympton Station (4^th July)

1883

Adelaide Hunt Club meets at Plympton Station for steeplechase (1^st July)

1889

Warden F.W. Vasey knocked down by train at Plympton Station (9^th October)

1909

Shelter at Plympton Station being constructed due for completion in 3 weeks (25^th November)

1911

Rally to Bronzewing Poultry Farm leaves from Plympton Station

(6^th September)

1913

Break-in at Plympton Station, door forced with pick, nothing taken (16^th August)

1916

Postmaster General advises that the installation of a post-box and phone is under consideration (10^th December)

1917

John Alfred O’Donohoe (junior porter) saves Mary White from being hit by train (2^nd June)

1924

Tom Dunn retires from the railway company after 43 years of service (5^th January)

John Alfred O’Donohoe awarded Humane Society Bronze Medal for his bravery (24^th October)

1924

Last train from Adelaide to Glenelg runs on the North Terrace line (November)

1929

Thomas Stockley drives the last train to Glenelg along the North Terrace line (November)