SAR Gladstone-Wilmington

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[[Image:SAR_Gladstone-Wilmington_Line.png|link=|alt=Gladstone-Wilmington Line]] [[Image:Location Index.png|link=SAR Index|alt=Location Index|Location Index]] [[image:Session Scenario Index.png|link=SAR Peterborough Base Session|alt=Scenarios|Scenario Index]]
 
[[Image:SAR_Gladstone-Wilmington_Line.png|link=|alt=Gladstone-Wilmington Line]] [[Image:Location Index.png|link=SAR Index|alt=Location Index|Location Index]] [[image:Session Scenario Index.png|link=SAR Peterborough Base Session|alt=Scenarios|Scenario Index]]
  
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[[Image:SAR_Gladstone_BR_Name.png|link=SAR Gladstone|alt=Gladstone|To Gladstone]]
 
[[Image:SAR_Gladstone_BR_Name.png|link=SAR Gladstone|alt=Gladstone|To Gladstone]]
  
 
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<span style="font-weight: 700; color: white;">Junction for</span>&nbsp;[[Image:BrokenHillLine.png|link=|alt=Broken Hill Line]][[Image:BroadGaugeLine.png|link=|alt=Broad Gauge]]
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<span style="font-weight: 700; color: white;">Junction for</span>&nbsp;[[Image:BrokenHillLine.png|link=SAR Port Pirie-Broken Hill|alt=Broken Hill Line|Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line]][[Image:BroadGaugeLine.png|link=|alt=Broad Gauge]]
  
 
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[[image:Fuel_Icon.png|link=|alt=Fuel]][[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Shed_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Turntable_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Passenger_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Wool_icon.png|link=|alt=Wool]]
 
[[image:Fuel_Icon.png|link=|alt=Fuel]][[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Shed_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Turntable_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Passenger_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Wool_icon.png|link=|alt=Wool]]
  
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<td bgcolor="Grey">[[Image:SAR_Laura_Name.png|link=SAR Laura|alt=Laura|To Laura]]</td>
 
<td bgcolor="Grey">[[Image:SAR_Laura_Name.png|link=SAR Laura|alt=Laura|To Laura]]</td>
 
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<td>[[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:WYE_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=]]</td>
 
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[[Image:SAR_Wilmington_Name.png|link=SAR Wilmington|alt=Wilmington|To Wilmington]]
 
[[Image:SAR_Wilmington_Name.png|link=SAR Wilmington|alt=Wilmington|To Wilmington]]
  
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[[Image:Terminus.png|link=|alt=Terminus]]
 
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[[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Shed_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:WYE_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=]]
 
[[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Shed_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:WYE_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=]]
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<td>'''Turning Triangle or WYE'''</td>
 
<td>'''Turning Triangle or WYE'''</td>
 
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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Length:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;88km<br><br>
 
<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Length:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;88km<br><br>
  
Built as a narrow gauge (3'6" - 1067mm) line from '''Gladstone''' to '''Laura''' in 1884, it was extended to '''Booleroo Centre''' in 1910 and to '''Wilmington''' in 1915. There were proposals to extend the line to '''Port Augusta''' or to '''Quorn'''.<br>
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Built as a narrow gauge (3'6" - 1067mm) line from '''Gladstone''' to '''Laura''' in 1884, it was extended to '''Booleroo Centre''' in 1910 and to '''Wilmington''' in 1915. There were proposals to extend the line to '''Port Augusta''' or to '''Quorn''' but these never reached the planning stage.<br>
  
The line became isolated from the rest of the narrow gauge network when the '''Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line''' was converted to standard gauge (4'8.5" - 1435mm) during 1969-1970. All passenger services on the line ceased at that time.<br>
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The line was single track with passing loops at most locations. There were no signals on the line with Train Order Working in operation.<br>
  
The line was closed in 1990. The section from '''Wilmington''' to '''Melrose''' is now a cycling and walking "rail trail".
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The 1964 working timetable had six scheduled freight services each week, three of which ran "when required". Three of the six services terminated at '''Booleroo Centre'''.<br>
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A late night passenger service to '''Wilmington''' ran Mondays to Saturdays, returning early the next morning (Tuesdays to Sundays), making connections with a broad gauge (5'3" - 1600mm) service at '''Gladstone''' to and from the state capital '''Adelaide'''.<br>
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Passenger services ceased in 1969 when the '''Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line''' was converted to standard gauge (4'8.5" - 1435mm) which isolated the line from the rest of the narrow gauge network.<br>
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The 1982 working timetable had just a single freight service to '''Wilmington''' each week.<br>
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The line was closed in 1990 and, apart from a few places of historical significance, the track has since been removed. The section from '''Wilmington''' to '''Melrose''' is now a cycling and walking "rail trail".
  
 
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[[Image:SAR_Gladstone-Wilmington_Line.png|link=|alt=Gladstone-Wilmington Line]] [[Image:Location Index.png|link=SAR Index|alt=Location Index|Location Index]] [[image:Session Scenario Index.png|link=SAR Peterborough Base Session|alt=Scenarios|Scenario Index]]<br>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Updated in <span style="color: blue;">SAR Peterborough Narrow Gauge Division v2.0</span></span><br>
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[[Image:SAR_Gladstone_BR_Name.png|link=SAR Gladstone|alt=Gladstone|To Gladstone]]
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<span style="font-weight: 700; color: white;">Junction for</span>&nbsp;[[Image:BrokenHillLine.png|link=SAR Port Pirie-Broken Hill|alt=Broken Hill Line|Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line]][[Image:BroadGaugeLine.png|link=|alt=Broad Gauge]]
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[[image:Fuel_Icon.png|link=|alt=Fuel]][[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Shed_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Turntable_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Passenger_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Wool_icon.png|link=|alt=Wool]]
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<td bgcolor="Grey">[[Image:SAR_Laura_Name.png|link=SAR Laura|alt=Laura|To Laura]]</td>
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<td>[[Image:WYE_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=]]</td>
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<td bgcolor="Gray">[[Image:SAR_Stone_Hut_Name.png|link=SAR Stone Hut|alt=Stone Hut|To Stone Hut]]</td>
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<td>[[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=]]</td>
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<td bgcolor="Gray">[[Image:SAR_Wirrabara_Name.png|link=SAR Wirrabara|alt=Wirrabara|To Wirrabara]]</td>
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<td>[[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=]]</td>
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<td bgcolor="Gray">[[Image:SAR_Yandiah_Name.png|link=SAR Yandiah|alt=Yandiah|To Yandiah]]</td>
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<td>[[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=]]</td>
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<tr valign="top" bgcolor="Grey">
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<td bgcolor="Gray">[[Image:SAR_Booleroo_Centre_Name.png|link=SAR Booleroo Centre|alt=Booleroo Centre|To Booleroo Centre]]</td>
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<td>[[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:WYE_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=]]</td>
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<td bgcolor="Gray">[[Image:SAR_Peroomba_Name.png|link=SAR Peroomba|alt=Peroomba|To Peroomba]]</td>
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<td>[[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=]]</td>
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<td bgcolor="Gray">[[Image:SAR_Melrose_Name.png|link=SAR Melrose|alt=Melrose|To Melrose]]</td>
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<td>[[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=]]</td>
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<tr valign="top" bgcolor="Grey">
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<td bgcolor="Gray">[[Image:SAR_Terka_Name.png|link=SAR Terka|alt=Terka|To Terka]]</td>
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<td>[[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=]]</td>
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[[Image:SAR_Wilmington_Name.png|link=SAR Wilmington|alt=Wilmington|To Wilmington]]
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[[Image:Terminus.png|link=|alt=Terminus]]
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[[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Shed_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:WYE_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=]][[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=]]
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<td width=45>[[image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]]</td>
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<td width=205>'''Loco Coal Stage'''</td>
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<td width=45>[[image:Bunker_Oil_Icon.png|link=|alt=Fuel]]</td>
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<td width=205>'''Bunker C Oil Fuel Point'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Passenger_Icon.png|link=|alt=Passengers]]</td>
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<td>'''Passenger Stop (Active)'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=Passengers]]</td>
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<td>'''Passenger Stop (not Active)'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Turntable_Icon.png|link=|alt=Turntable]]</td>
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<td>'''Loco Turntable'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Shed_Icon.png|link=|alt=Shed]]</td>
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<td>'''Loco Shed'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Water_Icon.png|link=|alt=Water]]</td>
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<td>'''Loco Water Tank'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Wool_icon.png|link=|alt=Wool]]</td>
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<td>'''Wool Bales'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=Goods]]</td>
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<td>'''Goods Facility'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Grain_Icon.png|link=|alt=Grain]]</td>
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<td>'''Grain Storage or Processing'''</td>
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<td>[[Image:Oils_Icon.png|link=|alt=Oils_Fuels]]</td>
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<td>'''Oil and Fuel Terminal'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=Stockyard]]</td>
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<td>'''Stockyard'''</td>
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<td>[[image:Loop_Icon.png|link=|alt=Loop]]</td>
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<td>'''Passing Loop'''</td>
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<td>[[image:WYE_Icon.png|link=|alt=WYE]]</td>
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<td>'''Turning Triangle or WYE'''</td>
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<span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700;">Line History:</span><br><br>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Opened:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;1884-1915<br>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Closed:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;1990<br>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white;">Length:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;88km<br><br>
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Built as a narrow gauge (3'6" - 1067mm) line from '''Gladstone''' to '''Laura''' in 1884, it was extended to '''Booleroo Centre''' in 1910 and to '''Wilmington''' in 1915. There were proposals to extend the line to '''Port Augusta''' or to '''Quorn''' but these never reached the planning stage.<br>
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The line was single track with passing loops at most locations. There were no signals on the line with Train Order Working in operation.<br>
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The 1964 working timetable had six scheduled freight services each week, three of which ran "when required". Three of the six services terminated at '''Booleroo Centre'''.<br>
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A late night passenger service to '''Wilmington''' ran Mondays to Saturdays, returning early the next morning (Tuesdays to Sundays), making connections with a broad gauge (5'3" - 1600mm) service at '''Gladstone''' to and from the state capital '''Adelaide'''.<br>
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Passenger services ceased in 1969 when the '''Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line''' was converted to standard gauge (4'8.5" - 1435mm) which isolated the line from the rest of the narrow gauge network.<br>
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The 1982 working timetable had just a single freight service to '''Wilmington''' each week.<br>
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The line was closed in 1990 and, apart from a few places of historical significance, the track has since been removed. The section from '''Wilmington''' to '''Melrose''' is now a cycling and walking "rail trail".
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Revision as of 10:42, 29 July 2022

Gladstone-Wilmington Line Location Index Scenarios

Gladstone

Junction for Broken Hill LineBroad Gauge

FuelWool

Laura
Stone Hut
Wirrabara
Yandiah
Booleroo Centre
Peroomba
Melrose
Terka

Wilmington

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Symbols:
Coal Loco Coal Stage Fuel Bunker C Oil Fuel Point
Passengers Passenger Stop (Active) Passengers Passenger Stop (not Active)
Turntable Loco Turntable Shed Loco Shed
Water Loco Water Tank Wool Wool Bales
Goods Goods Facility Grain Grain Storage or Processing
Oils_Fuels Oil and Fuel Terminal Stockyard Stockyard
Loop Passing Loop WYE Turning Triangle or WYE

Line History:

Opened:  1884-1915
Closed:  1990
Length:  88km

Built as a narrow gauge (3'6" - 1067mm) line from Gladstone to Laura in 1884, it was extended to Booleroo Centre in 1910 and to Wilmington in 1915. There were proposals to extend the line to Port Augusta or to Quorn but these never reached the planning stage.

The line was single track with passing loops at most locations. There were no signals on the line with Train Order Working in operation.

The 1964 working timetable had six scheduled freight services each week, three of which ran "when required". Three of the six services terminated at Booleroo Centre.

A late night passenger service to Wilmington ran Mondays to Saturdays, returning early the next morning (Tuesdays to Sundays), making connections with a broad gauge (5'3" - 1600mm) service at Gladstone to and from the state capital Adelaide.

Passenger services ceased in 1969 when the Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line was converted to standard gauge (4'8.5" - 1435mm) which isolated the line from the rest of the narrow gauge network.

The 1982 working timetable had just a single freight service to Wilmington each week.

The line was closed in 1990 and, apart from a few places of historical significance, the track has since been removed. The section from Wilmington to Melrose is now a cycling and walking "rail trail".

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