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| − | <span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700;">Line History:</span>< | + | <table> |
| − | <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Opened: </span> | + | <tr valign="top"> |
| − | <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Closed: </span> 1988< | + | <td colspan=2><span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700;">Line History:</span></td> |
| − | <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Length: </span> 23km< | + | </tr> |
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| + | <td><span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;"> Opened: </span></td> | ||
| + | <td> 1880</td> | ||
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| + | <td><span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;"> Closed: </span></td> | ||
| + | <td> 1988</td> | ||
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| + | <td><span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;"> Length: </span></td> | ||
| + | <td> 23km</td> | ||
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| + | </table> | ||
| + | The broad gauge (5'3" - 1600mm) line from '''Adelaide''' (the state capital) to '''Terowie''' was built in stages from 1869 to 1880. The narrow gauge (3'6" - 1067mm) extension to '''Peterborough''' was completed in 1881. '''Terowie''' then became a major break-of-gauge location for freight and passenger traffic between '''Adelaide''' and the '''Transcontinental Railway''' (to '''Sydney''' and '''Perth''') and the '''Central Australia Railway''' (to '''Port Augusta''' and '''Alice Springs''').<br> | ||
| − | + | After the conversion of the '''Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line''' to standard gauge (4'8.5" - 1435mm) during 1969-1970 the '''Peterborough-Terowie''' narrow gauge line was converted to broad gauge in 1970. This transferred all break-of-gauge operations to '''Peterborough'''.<br> | |
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| − | After the conversion of the '''Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line''' to standard gauge (4'8.5" - 1435mm) during 1969-1970 the '''Peterborough-Terowie''' narrow gauge line was converted to broad gauge in 1970. This transferred all break-of-gauge operations to '''Peterborough'''. | + | |
The broad gauge line from '''Adelaide''' to '''Peterborough''' was closed in 1988. | The broad gauge line from '''Adelaide''' to '''Peterborough''' was closed in 1988. | ||
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