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Snowtown railway station was located at the junction of the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line and the Kadina-Brinkworth railway line in the town of Snowtown, South Australia.




History


Snowtown railway station opened on 1 October 1879 with the opening of the narrow gauge railway line between Kadina and Snowtown, branching off from the Balaklava-Moonta line. It was extended to Brinkworth on 2 July 1894 where it joined the Hamley Bridge-Gladstone line. The broad gauge railway line from Long Plains reached it in 1923. The line was later extended to Port Pirie in 1937. The Kadina-Brinkworth line was gauge converted to broad gauge on 1 August 1927. In 1982, the Adelaide-Port Augusta line was gauge converted to standard gauge along with the Kadina-Brinkworth line to dual gauge.
The Brinkworth line was reduced to Snowtown with the entire line closing on 3 March 1993. Journey Beyond rail's Indian Pacific and The Ghan pass through Snowtown but do not stop there.




References

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• Daftar tempat di Alabama/M-Z
• Snowtown railway station
• Snowtown, South Australia
• Bute railway station
• Brinkworth railway station, South Australia
• Condowie railway station
• Yacka railway station
• Kadina railway station
• List of closed railway stations in South Australia
• Bowmans railway station
• Railway accidents in South Australia