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<p>The Long Plains Railway Station opened on 20 April 1917.
The government-owned South Australian Railways started to build the broad-gauge Salisbury–Long Plains line as a branch off the Main North line in 1915, completing it in April 1917. The line was extended from to Redhill from 1917 to 1925, and again from Redhill to Port Pirie in 1937. 
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In the latter year, the Commonwealth Railways extended its standard gauge Trans-Australian Railway line from Port Augusta south to Port Pirie.</div>
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State Government Photographer</div>
1 January 1918<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1918-01-01T00:00:00Z/11</div>
The History Trust of South Australian,  South Australian Government <br> Photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://data.history.sa.gov.au/sagpc/media/preview/198?maxsize=1000">[1]</a> <br> Object record <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://data.history.sa.gov.au/sagpc/getitem/198">[2]</a>