SAR Hawker
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<td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=Passengers]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700;">Passengers</span><br>[[image:Station_Label.png|link=]]</td> | <td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Passenger_Icon_off.png|link=|alt=Passengers]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700;">Passengers</span><br>[[image:Station_Label.png|link=]]</td> | ||
<td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=Livestock]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700;">Livestock</span><br>[[image:Stockyard_Label.png|link=]]</td> | <td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Livestock_Icon.png|link=|alt=Livestock]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700;">Livestock</span><br>[[image:Stockyard_Label.png|link=]]</td> | ||
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<td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=Goods]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700;">Goods</span><br>[[image:Goods_Label.png|link=]]</td> | <td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Goods_Icon.png|link=|alt=Goods]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700;">Goods</span><br>[[image:Goods_Label.png|link=]]</td> | ||
| − | <td align="center" width=50> | + | <td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Mineral_Icon.png|link=|alt=Minerals]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700;">Minerals</span><br>[[image:Loader_Label.png|link=]]</td> |
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<td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; color: white; font-weight: 700;">Coal</span><br>[[image:Loco_Label.png|link=]]</td> | <td align="center" width=50>[[Image:Coal_Icon.png|link=|alt=Coal]]<br><span style="font-size: 10px; color: white; font-weight: 700;">Coal</span><br>[[image:Loco_Label.png|link=]]</td> | ||
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| + | <span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Distance from Quorn: </span> 66 kms, 41 miles</span><br> | ||
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Unmanned location on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Port Augusta-Hawker Line </span>. | Unmanned location on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Port Augusta-Hawker Line </span>. | ||
| − | Station | + | Station, goods, mineral loading bank and shunting loops, stockyard siding, loco servicing facilities and a turning WYE.<br> |
'''Hawker''' became the terminus when the line to '''Marree''' was closed in 1956.<br> | '''Hawker''' became the terminus when the line to '''Marree''' was closed in 1956.<br> | ||
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| + | Mineral traffic (barytes, a form of barium sulfate) from a mine 70km north of '''Hawker''' was the main reason the line remained open after 1956. The mineral was trucked to '''Hawker''' and then railed to a crushing and bagging mill at '''Quorn''' for shipment by rail throughout the country. Rail was used between '''Hawker''' and '''Quorn''' because of the poor condition of the roads.<br> | ||
| − | In the 1960s there was only a single freight service each week. There were no passenger services. The line was closed in 1972.<br> | + | In the 1960s there was only a single scheduled freight service each week. There were no passenger services. The line was closed in 1972.<br> |
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[[Image:SAR_PortAugusta-Hawker_Line.png|link=SAR_Port Augusta-Hawker|alt=Port Augusta-Hawker|Show Port Augusta-Hawker]]<br> | [[Image:SAR_PortAugusta-Hawker_Line.png|link=SAR_Port Augusta-Hawker|alt=Port Augusta-Hawker|Show Port Augusta-Hawker]]<br> | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:55, 18 September 2022
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