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Port Pirie Junction railway station

Port Pirie Junction railway station

Former railway station in South Australia

Port Pirie Junction railway station was located in the city of Port Pirie in South Australia.

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History

Port Pirie Junction station opened on 23 July 1937 when the Commonwealth Railways standard gauge Trans-Australian Railway was extended south from Port Augusta, and the South Australian Railways line broad gauge north from Redhill to a new break of gauge station in the Port Pirie suburb of Solomontown.[1][2][3]

On 12 November 1967, it was replaced by Port Pirie (Mary Elie Street) station and later demolished.

References

  1. [1]
    Solomontown Railway Station Adelaide Advertiser 14 July 1937
  2. [2]
    Port Pirie Archived 2016-02-28 at the Wayback Machine National Railway Museum
  3. [3]
    Newland, Andrew; Quinlan, Howard (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 57. ISBN 0-909650-49-7.
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