Peterborough–Quorn railway line

Peterborough–Quorn railway line
Overview
System	South Australian Railways
Status	Closed & removed
Coordinates	32°36′15.0″S 138°33′32.4″E / 32.604167°S 138.559000°E / -32.604167; 138.559000
Termini	Peterborough Quorn
Continues from	Roseworthy-Peterborough line
Continues as	Stirling North-Hawker line
Operation
Opened	Peterborough-Orroroo: 23 November 1881 Orroroo-Quorn: 22 May 1882
Closed	Eurelia-Quorn: 3 March 1987 Peterborough-Eurelia: 22 November 1988
Operator(s)	South Australian Railways Australian National
Technical
Line length	130.2 km (80.9 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map blue is narrow gauge, red is standard gauge Crystal Brook-Broken Hill to Broken Hill & Sydney 248 km from Adelaide Peterborough Crystal Brook-Broken Hill to Adelaide, Perth & Darwin 22.5 km Black Rock 35.5 km Orroroo 46.5 km Walloway 57.5 km Eurelia 72 km Carrieton 83.5 km Mookra 96 km Hammond 108.5 km Bruce Central Australia Railway to Hawker, Marree & Alice Springs 129.5 km Quorn Pichi Richi Railway to Port Augusta Route Distances This diagram:

The Peterborough–Quorn railway line was a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) railway line on the South Australian Railways network. Located in the upper Mid North of South Australia, it opened from Peterborough to Orroroo on 23 November 1881, being extended to Quorn on 22 May 1882.

Following the opening of the Trans-Australian Railway in 1917 it became part of the main east-west railway across Australia from Sydney to Perth. This ceased in 1937 when the Trans-Australian Railway was altered to operate via Port Pirie.

At the time it was built, Quorn was on the Central Australia Railway from Port Augusta to Alice Springs, and Peterborough was on the Port Pirie–Broken Hill railway line from Port Pirie to Broken Hill.

It closed between Eurelia and Quorn on 3 March 1987, and Peterborough and Eurelia on 22 November 1988. After closure, part of the line was used by the Steamtown Peterborough Railway Preservation Society.

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