Gladstone
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Gladstone yard in March 1986
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Location | Port Street, Gladstone | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°16′11″S 138°21′28″E / 33.2697°S 138.3578°ECoordinates: 33°16′11″S 138°21′28″E / 33.2697°S 138.3578°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | Great Southern Rail | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Crystal Brook-Broken Hill | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1876 | ||||||||||
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Gladstone railway station is located on the Crystal Brook-Broken Hill line in Gladstone, South Australia.
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 a 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.
By 1993, the lines to the north and south had closed, and today is only served by the standard gauge Crystal Brook-Broken Hill line.
The only passenger rail service which stops at the station is Great Southern Rail's weekly Indian Pacific service operating between Sydney and Perth.