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Railway station in South Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gladstone railway station is located on the Crystal Brook-Broken Hill line in Gladstone, South Australia.[1]
Gladstone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Port Street, Gladstone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33.2697°S 138.3578°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Journey Beyond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Crystal Brook-Broken Hill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1876 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
The broad-gauge connection between Gladstone and Adelaide was closed in May 1988. The narrow-gauge Wilmington railway line was closed in 1990 thus making Gladstone an only standard gauge station on the Crystal Brook-Broken Hill railway line.
Journey Beyond's weekly Indian Pacific service between Sydney and Perth passes through Gladstone but does not stop.[4]
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