Railway station in South Australia
Quorn railway station was located on the Central Australia Railway, and also the Peterborough-Quorn railway line serving the South Australian town of Quorn.
History
Quorn station opened on 15 December 1879 as the interim terminus of the Central Australia Railway from Port Augusta.[1] On 28 June 1880, it was extended north to Hawker, and eventually to Alice Springs in 1929.[2] In 1881, Quorn became a junction station with the opening of the Peterborough–Quorn railway line from Peterborough and the south.[3]
In anticipation of the completion of the Trans-Australian Railway across the Nullarbor Plain in 1917, and the line via Quorn becoming part of the East-West route, a new station opened in 1915. In 1937, the East-West services were diverted to a new route via Port Pirie.[1][4]
In 1957, a new standard gauge Stirling North to Marree line opened, resulting in the closure of the narrow gauge line beyond Hawker. The Stirling North to Hawker section closed on 1 June 1972.[2] The line from Quorn to Peterborough closed on 3 March 1987.[1]
The line from Quorn to Stirling North was progressively restored by the Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society from 1974. This section was fully completed in 1999. The final 7 km (4.35 mi) into Port Augusta opened on a new alignment in 2001.[5] Quorn station is the society's headquarters.
References
External links
Media related to Quorn railway station at Wikimedia Commons