SAR Peterborough
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| + | <span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Distance from Gladstone: </span> 65½ kms, 40¾ miles</span><br> | ||
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A major manned station, servicing depot and junction on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line </span>, the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Peterborough-Quorn Line </span> and the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Peterborough-Terowie Line </span>.<br> | A major manned station, servicing depot and junction on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line </span>, the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Peterborough-Quorn Line </span> and the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Peterborough-Terowie Line </span>.<br> | ||
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Two loco servicing facilities with turntables. From the 1880s to the late 1970s '''Peterborough''' was the busiest railway hub in '''South Australia'''. It was the headquarters for the Northern Division and responsible for train control and maintenance. The maintenance centre employed over 1,000 workers to service and maintain over 100 train movements each day.<br> | Two loco servicing facilities with turntables. From the 1880s to the late 1970s '''Peterborough''' was the busiest railway hub in '''South Australia'''. It was the headquarters for the Northern Division and responsible for train control and maintenance. The maintenance centre employed over 1,000 workers to service and maintain over 100 train movements each day.<br> | ||
| − | The '''Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line''' was converted to standard gauge (4ft8 | + | The '''Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line''' was converted to standard gauge (4ft8½in - 1435mm) during 1969-1970 and the '''Peterborough-Terowie Line''' was converted to dual gauge by the addition of broad gauge (5ft3in - 1600mm) in 1970. The '''Peterborough-Quorn Line''' was left as a narrow gauge line making Peterborough a triple gauge location until the closure of the non-standard gauge lines in 1988.<br> |
'''Peterborough''' is now just a passing loop. The main loco depot has been taken over by the '''Steamtown Railway Preservation Society''' as a static museum and most other facilities have been removed. The railway station has been retained and until a few years ago was serviced by the luxury '''Indian-Pacific''' passenger train running between '''Sydney''', '''Adelaide''' and '''Perth'''. In the current timetable the service no longer stops at '''Peterborough'''. Rail passenger services have been replaced by a bus service. | '''Peterborough''' is now just a passing loop. The main loco depot has been taken over by the '''Steamtown Railway Preservation Society''' as a static museum and most other facilities have been removed. The railway station has been retained and until a few years ago was serviced by the luxury '''Indian-Pacific''' passenger train running between '''Sydney''', '''Adelaide''' and '''Perth'''. In the current timetable the service no longer stops at '''Peterborough'''. Rail passenger services have been replaced by a bus service. | ||
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| − | A major manned station, servicing depot and junction on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line </span>, | + | <span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Distance from Gladstone: </span> 65½ kms, 40¾ miles</span><br> |
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| + | A major manned station, servicing depot and junction on the narrow gauge (3ft6in - 1067mm) <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line </span>, <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Peterborough-Quorn Line </span> and the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Peterborough-Terowie Line </span>.<br> | ||
Multiple loops and sidings for the station, goods, grain facility and stockyard.<br> | Multiple loops and sidings for the station, goods, grain facility and stockyard.<br> | ||
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Two loco servicing facilities with turntables. From the 1880s to the late 1970s '''Peterborough''' was the busiest railway hub in '''South Australia'''. It was the headquarters for the Northern Division and responsible for train control and maintenance. The maintenance centre employed over 1,000 workers to service and maintain over 100 train movements each day.<br> | Two loco servicing facilities with turntables. From the 1880s to the late 1970s '''Peterborough''' was the busiest railway hub in '''South Australia'''. It was the headquarters for the Northern Division and responsible for train control and maintenance. The maintenance centre employed over 1,000 workers to service and maintain over 100 train movements each day.<br> | ||
| − | The '''Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line''' was converted to standard gauge (4ft8 | + | The '''Port Pirie-Broken Hill Line''' was converted to standard gauge (4ft8½in - 1435mm) during 1969-1970 and the '''Peterborough-Terowie Line''' was converted to dual gauge by the addition of broad gauge (5ft3in - 1600mm) in 1970. The '''Peterborough-Quorn Line''' was left as a narrow gauge line making Peterborough a triple gauge location until the closure of the non-standard gauge lines in 1988.<br> |
'''Peterborough''' is now just a passing loop. The main loco depot has been taken over by the '''Steamtown Railway Preservation Society''' as a static museum and most other facilities have been removed. The railway station has been retained and until a few years ago was serviced by the luxury '''Indian-Pacific''' passenger train running between '''Sydney''', '''Adelaide''' and '''Perth'''. In the current timetable the service no longer stops at '''Peterborough'''. Rail passenger services have been replaced by a bus service. | '''Peterborough''' is now just a passing loop. The main loco depot has been taken over by the '''Steamtown Railway Preservation Society''' as a static museum and most other facilities have been removed. The railway station has been retained and until a few years ago was serviced by the luxury '''Indian-Pacific''' passenger train running between '''Sydney''', '''Adelaide''' and '''Perth'''. In the current timetable the service no longer stops at '''Peterborough'''. Rail passenger services have been replaced by a bus service. | ||
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