Pimba is a small settlement lying on the transcontinental railway line in the

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. It lies at the junction of the

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and the road to Woomera,

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and Andamooka. It is from

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. There is an iconic roadhouse, named "Spud's Roadhouse", which sells fuel and general shop items and meals and has accommodation.

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"Walkabout: Woomera"
. Accessed 9 April 2007. At the , Pimba had a population of 36. Pimba was originally established as a construction camp for the transcontinental railway in the early 20th century and was retained as a railway siding. It is reported as being surveyed as a township during the 1960s and was gazetted as a locality in August 2004 under the ''Geographical Names Act 1991'' with creation of boundaries along with the retention of the "long established name". Great Southern Rail's ''

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'' (running between

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and

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) and ''

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'' (running between

and Darwin, trains still pass Pimba Siding but do not stop; both trains pass the town twice a week in each direction. Pimba is located within the federal

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, the state

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and the

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of South Australia. As of 2016, the community within Pimba received

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from a South Australian agency, the

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