Cockburn railway station was located on the

Silverton Tramway The Silverton Tramway was a 58-kilometre-long railway line running from Cockburn on the South Australian state border to Broken Hill in New South Wales. Operating between 1888 and 1970, it served the mines in Broken Hill, and formed the lin ...

serving the town of Cockburn on the

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South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

n state border.

History

Cockburn station opened on 11 June 1887 when the

opened from Broken Hill. It was the

junction station ''Junction station'' usually refers to a railway station situated on or close to a junction where lines to several destinations diverge. The usual minimum is three incoming lines. At a station with platforms running from left to right, the minimum ...

between the

and

South Australian Railways South Australian Railways (SAR) was the statutory corporation through which the Government of South Australia built and operated railways in South Australia from 1854 until March 1978, when its non-urban railways were incorporated into Aust ...

. Both lines were laid to the same gauge, allowing trains to cross between the networks, however locomotives were changed at Cockburn.The History of Silverton
Discover Silverton The station was initially served by one daily train in each direction. By 1908, this had increased to 30 in each direction. The station closed on 9 January 1970 when the Silverton Tramway was replaced by a new standard gauge line.

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Disused railway stations in South Australia Railway stations in Australia opened in 1887 Railway stations closed in 1970 Silverton Tramway