SAR Peterborough-Terowie
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− | <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white;">Junction for</span> [[Image:BrokenHillLine.png|link=|alt=Broken Hill Line]][[Image:QuornLine.png|link=|alt=Quorn Line]] | + | <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white;">Junction for</span> [[Image:BrokenHillLine.png|link=SAR Port Pirie-Broken Hill|alt=Broken Hill Line|Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line]][[Image:QuornLine.png|link=SAR Peterborough-Quorn|alt=Quorn Line|Peterborough-Quorn Line]] |
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− | The broad gauge ( | + | The broad gauge (5ft3in - 1600mm) line from '''Adelaide''' (the state capital) to '''Terowie''' was built in stages from 1869 to 1880. The narrow gauge (3ft6in - 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 ( | + | After the conversion of the '''Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line''' to standard gauge (4ft8.5in - 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> |
The broad gauge line from '''Adelaide''' to '''Peterborough''' was closed in 1988. | The broad gauge line from '''Adelaide''' to '''Peterborough''' was closed in 1988. |