Port Pirie Junction
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Location | Railway Terrace, Solomontown |
Coordinates | Coordinates: 33°11′28″S 138°01′17″E / 33.191108703°S 138.021301269°E |
Operated by |
Commonwealth Railways South Australian Railways |
Line(s) |
Trans-Australian Railway Adelaide-Port Pirie Port Pirie-Cockburn |
Platforms | 2 (1 island) |
Construction | |
Structure type | Ground |
History | |
Opened | 23 July 1937 |
Closed | 12 November 1967 |
Port Pirie Junction railway station was located in the city of Port Pirie.
Port Pirie Junction station opened on 23 July 1937 when the Commonwealth Railways standard gauge Trans-Australian Railway was extended south from Port Augusta, and the South Australian Railways line north from Redhill to a new break of gauge station in the Port Pirie suburb of Solomontown.
On 12 November 1967, it was replaced by Port Pirie (Mary Elie Street) station and later demolished.