Port Augusta railway station

Location

Stirling Road, Port Augusta

Coordinates

32°29′37″S 137°46′02″E / 32.4937°S 137.7672°ECoordinates: 32°29′37″S 137°46′02″E / 32.4937°S 137.7672°E

Operated by

Great Southern Rail

Line(s)

Adelaide-Port Augusta

Platforms

2 (1 island)

Construction

Structure type

Ground

Other information

Status

Unstaffed

Services

Preceding station		Great Southern Railway		Following station
Pimba towards East Perth	Indian Pacific			Coonamia towards Sydney
Pimba towards Darwin	The Ghan			Coonamia towards Adelaide

Port Augusta railway station is located on the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line in Port Augusta, South Australia.

In 1878, Port Augusta became the southern terminus of a proposed line to Darwin. Under South Australian ownership the narrow gauge railway, known as the Great Northern Railway, was extended in stages and reached Oodnadatta in 1891.

The South Australian Government subsequently made offers to several syndicates to construct a line north from Oodnadatta to Pine Creek on the land grant system, however negotiations were unsuccessful and Oodnadatta remained the railhead. The line passed to Commonwealth ownership on 1 January 1911, but continued to be operated by the South Australian Railways until the Commonwealth Railways took over operations on 1 January 1926. An extension of the railway to Alice Springs was completed in 1929.

Between 1913 and 1917, the standard gauge Trans-Australian Railway was built from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. Thus Port Augusta became a break of gauge station until the standard gauge line was extended to Port Pirie Junction in 1937.

In 1957, a new standard gauge Stirling North to Marree line was built via Leigh Creek, replacing the line via Quorn. In 1972, the Whyalla line opened to Whyalla to serve Whyalla Steelworks. In 2001, the narrow gauge line between Port Augusta and Quorn was re-opened by the Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society.

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