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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Length: </span> 127km (Gladstone to Paratoo) of 390km total length<br><br> | <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Length: </span> 127km (Gladstone to Paratoo) of 390km total length<br><br> | ||
− | Built as a narrow gauge (3'6" - 1067mm) line from '''Port Pirie''' to '''Gladstone''' in 1875, it was extended to '''Cockburn''' on the '''South Australia - New South Wales''' border in 1888 where it joined the '''Silverton Tramway''' to '''Broken Hill'''. The main purpose of the line was to transport the mineral ores from the mines at '''Broken Hill''' to the smelters and port at '''Port Pirie''', a function it still performs today.<br> | + | Built as a narrow gauge (3'6" - 1067mm) line from '''Port Pirie''' to '''Gladstone''' in 1875, it was extended to '''Cockburn''' on the '''South Australia - New South Wales''' border in stages by 1888 where it joined the '''Silverton Tramway''' to '''Broken Hill'''. The main purpose of the line was to transport the mineral ores from the mines at '''Broken Hill''' to the smelters and port at '''Port Pirie''', a function it still performs today.<br> |
− | Several narrow gauge branches were added at '''Gladstone''' (to '''Wilmington'''), '''Peterborough''' (to '''Quorn''' and '''Terowie''') and to two mines between '''Paratoo''' and '''Cockburn'''. A broad gauge (5'3" - 1600mm) line from '''Adelaide''' (the state capital) was extended to '''Gladstone''' in 1894. <br> | + | Several narrow gauge branches were added at '''Gladstone''' (to '''Wilmington'''), '''Peterborough''' (to '''Quorn''' and '''Terowie''') and to two mines between '''Paratoo''' and '''Cockburn'''. A broad gauge (5'3" - 1600mm) line from '''Adelaide''' (the state capital) was extended to '''Gladstone''' in 1894. A second broad gauge line from '''Adelaide''' was extended to '''Peterborough''' in 1970.<br> |
− | During 1969-1970 the line was converted to standard gauge (4'8.5" - 1435mm) which eventually led to the closure of all the connecting narrow and broad gauge lines. The line is now part of the standard gauge '''Transcontinental''' railway from '''Sydney''' to '''Perth'''. | + | During 1969-1970 the line was converted to standard gauge (4'8.5" - 1435mm) which eventually led to the closure of all the connecting narrow and broad gauge lines and many of the locations along the line. The line is now part of the standard gauge '''Transcontinental''' railway from '''Sydney''' to '''Perth'''. |
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