Cook, South Australia

Cook
Nullarbor Plain, South Australia
Photo along the ground-level station platform of Cook, with trees and a nameboard on the right and a train in the medium distance in the crossing loop
Cook railway station is now unattended but remains a principal scheduled stop for trains to take on diesel fuel and water, about half-way along their 1687 kilometres (1048 miles) journey on the Trans-Australian Railway
Cook is located in South Australia
Cook
Cook
Coordinates30°37′03″S 130°24′40″E / 30.617615°S 130.411044°E / -30.617615; 130.411044[1]
PopulationNot available. Population data are only available for Nullarbor, an area of about 50,000 square kilometres (19,000 square miles) within which Cook lies, which in the 2021 census had a population of 71.[2]
Established1917; 107 years ago (1917)
Elevation120 m (394 ft)[3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACDT (UTC+10:30)
LGA(s)Pastoral Unincorporated Area[1]

Cook is a railway station and crossing loop located in the Australian state of South Australia on the Trans-Australian Railway. It is 824 kilometres (512 miles) by rail from Port Augusta, 863 kilometres (536 miles) by rail from Kalgoorlie, and about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of the Eyre Highway via an unsealed road.[1][4] It is on the longest stretch of straight railway in the world, at 478 kilometres (297 mi), which extends from Ooldea, South Australia to beyond Loongana, Western Australia.

Cook is the only scheduled stop on the Nullarbor Plain for the Indian Pacific transcontinental passenger train and has little other than curiosity value for passengers strolling around while their train is replenished.

  1. ^ a b c "Search results for 'Cook, LOCU' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Local Government Areas', 'Gazetteer' and 'Railways'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian government. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Nullarbor". ABS Quickstats. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference climate was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ (1927)Travel in comfort across Australia on the Trans-Australian Railway. Melbourne : Commonwealth Railways. internal map titled Map shewing Connections between Capital Cities via Trans- Australian Railway