Snowtown railway station
Preceding station | Australian Rail Track Corporation | Following station | ||
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Bumbunga towards Adelaide | Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line | Burnsfield towards Port Augusta |
Preceding station | Australian National Railways Commission | Following station | ||
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Condowie towards Brinkworth | Kadina-Brinkworth railway line | Barunga Gap towards Kadina |
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
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
- ^ Railway
- ^ Snowtown SA
- ^ 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