Gladstone Railway Station, South Australia
History
Gladstone station opened in 1876 when a line opened from Port Pirie in the west, it was later extended east to Peterborough and ultimately Broken Hill. In 1888, a line was built north to Laura and ultimately Wilmington. When the Hamley Bridge line from Balaklava in the south reached Gladstone in 1894, it became a four-way junction station. All were built as narrow gauge lines.
In 1927, the line from the south was converted to broad gauge, making Gladstone a break of gauge station. As part of the standardisation project, the line between Port Augusta and Broken Hill was converted to standard gauge in 1969, thus Gladstone became a junction for three gauges.
The broad-gauge connection between Gladstone and Adelaide was closed in May 1988. The narrow-gauge Wilmington railway line was closed in 1990 thus making Gladstone an only standard gauge station on the Crystal Brook-Broken Hill railway line.
Services
Journey Beyond's weekly Indian Pacific service between Sydney and Perth passes through Gladstone but does not stop.
References
- ^ Crystal Brook - Broken Hill map SA Track & Signal
- ^ Gladstone Archived 28 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine National Railway Museum
- ^ Gladstone's Railway History Gladstone
- ^ "Indian Pacific timetable". Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions. 1 April 2021.
External links
Media related to Gladstone railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Flickr gallery
- Johnny's Pages gallery Archived 17 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine