Both lines were originally built as narrow gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in).

[1] Brinkworth was eventually described as “the Great Junction of the Blyth, Snowtown and Gladstone Railways”.

[3] A concrete weir and a four million gallon capacity reservoir was constructed to the east on Magpie Creek to serve the railway complex.

[5] In 1959, passenger services to, through and from Brinkworth to Adelaide began to be served by new South Australian Railways Bluebird railcars but they too ceased by 1982.

The station building was demolished in November 1996 due to it being eaten by white ants.