Adelaide–Port Augusta railway line

Adelaide–Port Augusta railway line
Overview
OwnerAustralian Rail Track Corporation
Termini
Continues fromAdelaide-Wolseley line
Continues asTrans-Australian Railway
Service
Services
Operator(s)
Freight:

Passenger:

Technical
Number of tracks1
Track gauge1435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Old gauge1600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Route map
km
to Perth & Darwin
Whyalla line
95.0
 Spencer Junction loop & Aurizon Yard
92.0
 Port Augusta
Northern Power Station (Marree line)
Marree line
Pichi Richi Railway
85.4
 Stirling North
71.5
 Winninowie loop
45.0
 Mambray Creek loop
25.5
 Port Germein loop
to Port Pirie Wharf
 Aurizon Port Pirie Yard
0.0
220.1
 Coonamia datum point, east Port Pirie
 Crystal Brook Grain Terminal
Crystal Brook loop
to Sydney via Broken Hill
193.2
 Rocky River loop
172.8
 Redhill loop
Brinkworth line
closed 1990
146.1
 Snowtown loop
Snowtown Grain Terminal
Kadina line
closed 1993
120.5
 Nantawarra loop
101.5
 Bowmans Rail Terminal
77.3
 Long Plains loop
61.7
 Mallala loop
 Mallala Grain Terminal
44.8
 Two Wells loop
31.5
 Bolivar loop
SCT Penfield Terminal
Gawler line
Salisbury
15.19
 Aurizon Dry Creek North Yard
8.1
 Aurizon Dry Creek South Yard & loop
to Pelican Point
 Private freight sidings
7.8
 Adelaide Freight Terminal
 Islington Railway Workshops
Outer Harbor & Grange lines
Adelaide
0.0
3.4
 Mile End loop, datum point
 Adelaide Parklands Terminal
Belair & Seaford lines
to Melbourne
broad gauge
standard gauge
3 ft 6 in narrow gauge
dual gauge

The Adelaide–Port Augusta railway line is the main route for northbound rail traffic out of Adelaide, South Australia. The line, 315 kilometres (196 miles) long, is part of the Adelaide–Darwin rail corridor and the Sydney–Perth rail corridor. Before the route was converted to 1435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge in 1982, the two cities were connected by 1600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge and 1067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge (until 1937); and broad and standard gauge (subsequently).

One Rail Australia, Pacific National and SCT Logistics operate freight services on the line; the sole passenger service is Journey Beyond's experiential tourism trains The Ghan and Indian Pacific.

SCT Logistics' Penfield intermodal terminal is connected to a siding south of the Northern Expressway and the Bolivar crossing loop.

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