Snowtown railway station
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| Location | Railway Terrace, Snowtown, South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°47′00″S 138°12′45″E / 33.78320125405438°S 138.21259895737916°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Australian National | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Adelaide-Port Augusta line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 149 kilometres from Adelaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 October 1879 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Snowtown railway station was located at the junction of the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line and the Kadina-Brinkworth railway line in the town of Snowtown, South Australia.
History
[edit]Snowtown railway station opened on 1 October 1879 with the opening of the narrow gauge railway line between Kadina and Snowtown, branching off from the Balaklava-Moonta line. It was extended to Brinkworth on 2 July 1894 where it joined the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone line.[1][2] The broad gauge railway line from Long Plains reached it in 1923. The line was later extended to Port Pirie in 1937.[3] The Kadina-Brinkworth line was gauge converted to broad gauge on 1 August 1927.[4][5] In 1982, the Adelaide-Port Augusta line was gauge converted to standard gauge along with the Kadina-Brinkworth line to dual gauge.[6] [5]
The Brinkworth line was reduced to Snowtown with the entire line closing on 3 March 1993. Journey Beyond rail's Indian Pacific and The Ghan pass through Snowtown but do not stop there.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Railway". Snowtown Museum. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Snowtown, SA". Aussie Towns. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ Long Plains Railway 4 September 1923
- ^ Callaghan, W. H. (2002), "Horse and Steam, Wheat and Copper", Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin (January/February): 9–27, 46–63
- ^ a b Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 56–58. ISBN 0-909650-49-7.
- ^ Rail Agreement (Adelaide to Crystal Brook Railway) Act 1980 Government of Australia