Structure type Ground Operator South Australian Railways | Opened 12 November 1967 Platforms in use 2 (1 island) | |
Location Mary Elie Street, Port Pirie Operated by South Australian Railways Line(s) Trans-Australian Railway
Adelaide-Port Pirie
Port Pirie-Cockburn | ||
Port Pirie (Mary Elie Street) railway station was located in the city of Port Pirie, South Australia.
History
As far back as 1943, a plan existed to build a new station in Port Pirie to replace the original Ellen Street station.
As part of the gauge conversion of the Port Pirie to Broken Hill line, a new station opened in 1967 to replace the existing Ellen Street and Port Pirie Junction stations.
The new station was built as a terminus station requiring services to change direction before proceeding. When opened it was the meeting point for the Commonwealth Railways and South Australian Railways networks with through trains changing locomotives and crews, so the disadvantages were not as notable. However, after both became part of Australian National in July 1975 and trains began to operate in and out with the same locomotives, trains began to operate via Coonamia station.
It was eventually closed and in 2009 was redeveloped as the city's library. Until 2012, a GM class locomotive and three carriages were stabled at the platform.