Tarcoola railway station
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Tarcoola railway station is a railway station in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Trans-Australian Railway in the state's west.[1] It serves the town of Tarcoola and is the northern junction of the Sydney-Perth and Adelaide-Darwin railways, which share approximately Script error: No such module "convert". of track between Tarcoola and Crystal Brook.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
History
The Trans-Australian Railway was built through Tarcoola in 1915, and in 1980 it became a junction station when the Adelaide–Darwin railway diverged from Tarcoola to Alice Springs. This was extended to Darwin in 2004. It was initially built as a standard gauge replacement for the Central Australia Railway.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
There is a triangular junction at Tarcoola which joins Crystal Brook, Darwin and Perth. Another triangular junction at Crystal Brook joins Tarcoola, Adelaide and Sydney.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The station has two triangles, a smaller one for turning locomotives, and the larger one to the west of the town gives direct access from the Darwin line to the Trans-Australian Railway to Kalgoorlie.[2] The latter has been put out of service.
In 2018, the track between Tarcoola and Adelaide was upgraded from Script error: No such module "convert". to Script error: No such module "convert". rails. This was done while the track was open for service, with Script error: No such module "convert". of rail being replaced at a time between train services. The upgrade increased the maximum permitted axle load by four tonnes.[3]
Services
The Ghan and the Indian Pacific passenger services pass through Tarcoola both running once per week in each direction all year round.[4][5] The mail for Tarcoola arrives by train.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
References
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