The History of the Burra Railway Station – 1883
Railway reached Burra in 1870, the Adelaide-Burra line was more than half the total railway in South Australia.
Passenger services ceased in December 1986 and the last grain trains to Burra operated circa January 1999 to clear the 98-99 harvest. The last light engines ran to Burra: CK4 on 21 May 2003, 841 on 26 September 2003 and 843 on 12 March 2004.
Following years of neglect, a major restoration was undertaken 2010-14. The former station is now maintained by the volunteers, The Friends of the Burra Railway Station, who open the building for visitors, hire the main rooms for functions and derive an income for maintenance from bed & breakfast accommodation in the former residential portion of the station.