[2] The original Port Augusta railway station was on Commercial Road, and is now heritage listed and used as an art gallery.

[3] The railway continued through what later became railyards, through the original station, and down Commercial Road to the wharf area.

[1][4] Between 1913 and 1917, the standard gauge Trans-Australian Railway was built from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, entering the town from another direction and the station from the other end.

In 2001, the narrow gauge line between Port Augusta and Quorn was re-opened by the Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society.

[6] Port Augusta has long been an important railway centre, with Downer Rail having a plant in the city.