Gladstone railway station, South Australia

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

Gladstone
Gladstone yard in March 1986
General information
Location	Port Street, Gladstone
Coordinates	33.2697°S 138.3578°E / -33.2697; 138.3578
Operated by	Journey Beyond
Line(s)	Crystal Brook-Broken Hill
Platforms	1
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
History
Opened	1876
Services
Preceding station Australian Rail Track Corporation Following station Caltowie towards Crystal Brook Crystal Brook–Broken Hill railway line Huddleston towards Broken Hill Preceding station Australian National Railways Commission Following station Georgetown towards Adelaide Gladstone railway line Terminus Preceding station Australian National Railways Commission Following station Terminus Wilmington railway line Laura towards Wilmington
Location

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]

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.

Services

Journey Beyond's weekly Indian Pacific service between Sydney and Perth passes through Gladstone but does not stop.^[4]