Snowtown railway station

Snowtown
General information
Location	Railway Terrace, Snowtown, South Australia
Coordinates	33°47′00″S138°12′45″E / 33.78320125405438°S 138.21259895737916°E / -33.78320125405438; 138.21259895737916
Operated by	Australian National
Line	Adelaide-Port Augusta line
Distance	149 kilometres from Adelaide
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Status	Closed
History
Opened	1 October 1879
Services
Preceding station Australian Rail Track Corporation Following station Bumbunga towards Adelaide Adelaide–Port Augusta railway line Burnsfield towards Port Augusta Preceding station Australian National Railways Commission Following station Condowie towards Brinkworth Kadina-Brinkworth railway line Barunga Gap towards Kadina
Location

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

1. "Railway". Snowtown Museum. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
2. "Snowtown, SA". Aussie Towns. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
3. Long Plains Railway 4 September 1923
4. Callaghan, W. H. (2002), "Horse and Steam, Wheat and Copper", Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin (January/February): 9–27, 46–63
5. Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 56–58. ISBN   0-909650-49-7.
6. Rail Agreement (Adelaide to Crystal Brook Railway) Act 1980 Government of Australia