Snowtown Railway Station
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. The broad gauge railway line from Long Plains reached it in 1923. The line was later extended to Port Pirie in 1937. The Kadina-Brinkworth line was gauge converted to broad gauge on 1 August 1927. In 1982, the Adelaide-Port Augusta line was gauge converted to standard gauge along with the Kadina-Brinkworth line to dual gauge.
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.
References
- ^ "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
- ^ 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