SAR Summit
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− | <span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Distance from Port Augusta: </span> | + | <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> |
− | Unmanned location 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) | + | 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> |
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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> |