Gladstone railway station is located on the Crystal Brook-Broken Hill line in

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History

Gladstone station opened in 1876 when a line opened from

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in the west, it was later extended east to

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and ultimately

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. In 1888, a line was built north to Laura and ultimately Wilmington. When the Hamley Bridge line from

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in the south reached Gladstone in 1894, it became a four-way

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. All were built as narrow gauge lines.Gladstone
National Railway MuseumGladstone's Railway History
Gladstone In 1927, the line from the south was converted to broad gauge, making Gladstone a

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station. As part of the standardisation project, the line between

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and

was converted to standard gauge in 1969, thus Gladstone became a junction for three gauges. By 1993, the lines to the north and south had closed, and today is only served by the standard gauge Crystal Brook-Broken Hill line.

Services

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'' service between

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and

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passes through Gladstone but does not stop.

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