SAR Summit
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| − | + | <span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Distance from Port Augusta: </span> 32½ kms, 20 miles <span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Distance from Quorn: </span> 7½ kms, 4½ miles</span><br> | |
| − | True to its name, it is the highest point on the line at 406m (1332ft).<br> | + | Unmanned location and dead end siding on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Port Augusta-Hawker Line </span>. True to its name, it is the highest point on the line at 406m (1332ft).<br> |
The line from '''Port Augusta''' to '''Quorn''' was closed in 1956 but the section from '''Quorn''' to '''Summit''' was still used by special passenger excursion trains from '''Peterborough''' in the 1960s.<br> | The line from '''Port Augusta''' to '''Quorn''' was closed in 1956 but the section from '''Quorn''' to '''Summit''' was still used by special passenger excursion trains from '''Peterborough''' in the 1960s.<br> | ||
| − | + | This location became part of the '''Pichi Richi Railway''' in 1974. The line from '''Quorn''' to '''Woolshed Flat''' was restored and reopened in 1979. | |
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[[Image:SAR_PortAugusta-Hawker_Line.png|link=SAR_Port Augusta-Hawker|alt=Port Augusta-Hawker|Show Port Augusta-Hawker]]<br> | [[Image:SAR_PortAugusta-Hawker_Line.png|link=SAR_Port Augusta-Hawker|alt=Port Augusta-Hawker|Show Port Augusta-Hawker]]<br> | ||
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:SAR_PortAugusta-Hawker Strip Map.png|link=|alt=Port Augusta-Hawker Strip Map]] |
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Latest revision as of 17:28, 13 February 2024
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