Pimba is a small settlement lying on the transcontinental railway line

Trans-Australian Railway

The Trans-Australian Railway crosses the Nullarbor Plain of Australia from Port Augusta in South Australia to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia...

 in the Australia

Australia

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n state of South Australia

South Australia

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. It lies at the junction of the Stuart Highway

Stuart Highway

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 to Alice Springs and the road to Woomera

Woomera, South Australia

The town, or village, of Woomera is located in the south east corner of the Woomera Prohibited Area ; colloquially known as the Woomera Rocket Range...

, Roxby Downs and Andamooka

Andamooka, South Australia

Andamooka is a town located approximately 600 km north of Adelaide in the South Australian outback. Opal was discovered in the region in the late 1920s, and the town developed out of the scattered miners' camps which established in the area...

 . It is 480 km from Adelaide. There is an iconic roadhouse

Roadhouse (facility)

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, named "Spud's Roadhouse", which sells fuel and general shop items, has great meals and has accommodation. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

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, Pimba had a population of 50.

Despite the small population, the Indian Pacific (running between Sydney

Sydney

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 and Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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) and Ghan (running between Adelaide

Adelaide

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, Alice Springs and Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

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, trains still call at Pimba Siding on request; both trains service the town twice a week in each direction.