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Manned station, depot, terminus and a major break-of-gauge location on the narrow gauge Peterborough-Terowie Line and the broad gauge Terowie-Rosewater-Adelaide Line . Apart from a short section of dual gauge track under a bogie exchange gantry, the two gauges were kept completely separate.
Multiple loops and sidings for the station, goods and livestock transfers with a loco depot and servicing facilities.
The platform at Terowie station was where US Army General Douglas Macarthur made his famous "I shall return" speech after he had been evacuated from the Philippines in 1942. There is a plaque on the platform commemorating the event.
The line to Peterborough was converted to broad gauge (5'3", 1600mm) and the gauge transfer facilities and loco depot at Terowie were closed in 1970. The town then lost its sole reason for existence and became a ghost town.
The broad gauge line from Adelaide was closed in 1988. The township of Terowie has since had a tourist revival because of its preserved pre-1960s era shops and buildings.
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