Peterborough railway station, South Australia
{{Short description|Railway station in South Australia}}
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|address = Main Street, Peterborough
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|line = Crystal Brook-Broken Hill
|distance = 247.50 kilometres from Adelaide
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Peterborough railway station is located on the Crystal Brook-Broken Hill line in Peterborough, South Australia.[http://www.sa-trackandsignal.net/Pdf%20files/ARTC/ARXN.pdf Crystal Brook - Broken Hill map] SA Track & Signal
History
Peterborough originally opened in January 1880 as Petersburg when a narrow gauge line opened from Port Pirie to the west. In November 1881, a line arrived from Terowie and the south, in 1882 it was extended north to Quorn. In 1888, a line was built eastwards to Broken Hill.{{cite book|last1=Bromby|first1=Robin|title=The Railway Age in Australia|date=2004|publisher=Thomas Lothan|location=South Melbourne|pages=65–67|isbn=0-734407-15-7}}[http://www.natrailmuseum.org.au/downloads/documents/Multi_Gauge_Muddle.compressed.pdf Peterborough] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228020700/http://natrailmuseum.org.au/downloads/documents/Multi_Gauge_Muddle.compressed.pdf |date=28 February 2016 }} National Railway Museum
Thus Petersburg became a four-way junction station (all narrow gauge) and the town was the headquarters for the South Australian Railways narrow gauge network, with an extensive locomotive depot. A roundhouse was added in 1927.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080510093312/http://www.aussieheritage.com.au/listings/sa/Peterborough/PeterboroughRailwayRoundhouseandTurntable/11165 Peterborough Railway Roundhouse & Turntable] Aussie Heritage The roundhouse and turntable are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.{{cite web | url=http://apps.planning.sa.gov.au/HeritageSearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=16009 | title=Peterborough Roundhouse & Turntable | publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources | work=South Australian Heritage Register | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215213149/http://apps.planning.sa.gov.au/HeritageSearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=16009 | access-date=11 February 2016| archive-date=15 February 2016 }} The station along with the town, was renamed Peterborough in 1917.
As part of the standardisation project, the line between Port Augusta and Broken Hill was converted to standard gauge in 1970, thus Peterborough became a break of gauge station. As part of the project, the narrow gauge from Terowie was converted to broad gauge to match the rest of the line to Terowie from Adelaide resulting in Peterborough having all three South Australian track gauges.
Following the conversion of the Adelaide to Crystal Brook line to standard gauge in 1982, Peterborough's importance diminished. By 1988, both the narrow gauge line to the north and broad gauge line to the south had closed. Today the former roundhouse is home to the Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre.
Services
Journey Beyond's weekly Indian Pacific service passes Peterborough on its route but does not stop at the station.{{Cite New South Wales transport timetables|Indian Pacific}}
References
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External links
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- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/railwayofaustralia/galleries/72157624091964690/ Flickr gallery]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130120185548/http://www.johnnyspages.com/peterborough-1_may_2005.htm May 2005 trip] Johnny's Pages gallery
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140320042232/http://www.johnnyspages.com/peterborough-3_june_2013.htm June 2013 trip] Johnny's Pages gallery