Quorn railway station
Quorn | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Peterborough-Quorn railway line | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 374 km (232.39 mi) from Adelaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed (still open for PRR) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 December 1879 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1915 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Quorn railway station was located on the
History
Quorn station opened on 15 December 1879 as the interim terminus of the Central Australia Railway from Port Augusta.[1] On 28 June 1880, it was extended north to Hawker, and eventually to Alice Springs in 1929.[2] In 1881, Quorn became a junction station with the opening of the Peterborough–Quorn railway line from Peterborough and the south.[3]
In anticipation of the completion of the Trans-Australian Railway across the Nullarbor Plain in 1917, and the line via Quorn becoming part of the East-West route, a new station opened in 1915. In 1937, the East-West services were diverted to a new route via Port Pirie.[1][4]
In 1957, a new standard gauge
The line from Quorn to Stirling North was progressively restored by the Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society from 1974. This section was fully completed in 1999. The final 7 km (4.35 mi) into Port Augusta opened on a new alignment in 2001.[5] Quorn station is the society's headquarters.
References
- ^ ISBN 0 734407 15 7.
- ^ a b Port Augusta to Marree Chris' Commonwealth Railways
- ^ Peterborough Archived 2016-02-28 at the Wayback Machine National Railway Museum
- ^ History of the Pichi Richi Railway Pichi Richi Preservation Society
- ^ Pichi Richi Preservation Society line Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine SA Track & Signal
External links
Media related to Quorn railway station at Wikimedia Commons