Manguri Siding is located in the
Adelaide–Darwin rail corridor at the locality of
Mount Clarence Station, about west of the opal mining town of
Coober Pedy
Coober Pedy () is a town in northern South Australia, north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. The town is sometimes referred to as the "opal capital of the world" because of the quantity of precious opals that are mined there. Coober Pedy is ...
.
It was one of nine sidings to which names were assigned in 1978 in connection with the Tarcoola to Alice Springs railway, which was completed in 1980.
, the weekly
experiential tourism train, ''
The Ghan
''The Ghan'' is an experiential tourism oriented passenger train service that operates between the northern and southern coasts of Australia, through the cities of Adelaide, Alice Springs and Darwin on the Adelaide–Darwin rail corridor. O ...
'', stops there for passengers to get off for a full-day excursion to Coober Pedy.
The Ghan Expedition April to December 2021 fares & timetable
Journey Beyond
References
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Railway stations in South Australia
Far North (South Australia)