Gladstone railway station, South Australia

Gladstone
Gladstone yard in March 1986
Location Port Street, Gladstone
Coordinates 33°16′11″S 138°21′28″E / 33.2697°S 138.3578°E / -33.2697; 138.3578Coordinates: 33°16′11″S 138°21′28″E / 33.2697°S 138.3578°E / -33.2697; 138.3578
Operated by Great Southern Rail
Line(s) Crystal Brook-Broken Hill
Platforms 1
Construction
Structure type Ground
Other information
Status Unstaffed
History
Opened 1876

Gladstone railway station is located on the Crystal Brook-Broken Hill line in Gladstone, South Australia.[1]

History

Gladstone station opened in 1876 when a line opened from Port Pirie in the west, it was later extended east to Peterborough and ultimately Broken Hill. In 1888, a line was built north to Laura and ultimately Wilmington. When the Hamley Bridge line from Balaklava in the south reached Gladstone in 1894, it became a four-way junction station. All were built as narrow gauge lines.[2][3]

In 1927, the line from the south was converted to broad gauge, making Gladstone a break of gauge station. As part of the standardisation project, the line between Port Augusta and Broken Hill was converted to standard gauge in 1969, thus Gladstone became a junction for three gauges.[2][3]

By 1993, the lines to the north and south had closed, and today is only served by the standard gauge Crystal Brook-Broken Hill line.[2]

Services

The only passenger rail service which stops at the station is Great Southern Rail's weekly Indian Pacific service operating between Sydney and Perth.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Crystal Brook - Broken Hill map SA Track & Signal
  2. 1 2 3 Gladstone Archived 28 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine. National Railway Museum
  3. 1 2 Gladstone's Railway History Gladstone
  4. ↑ Indian Pacific Timetable Archived 5 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Great Southern Rail
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