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===Closure===
The station closed for regular passenger use on 15 December 1968, but some special train tours used the station afterwards. It ceased to be a junction station on 2 November 1969, with the closure of the line between Eudunda and Morgan.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hennell |first1=David |title=The 1956 Morgan floods |url=http://cdn.timetable.org.au/thetimes200301issue.pdf |website=Australian Timetable Associated |access-date=17 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Harvey |first1=Dean |title=A CONCISE HISTORY OF STEAMRANGER 1961 - 1988 |url=https://steamranger.org.au/enthusiast/history/pdfs/r8901a.pdf |website=SteamRanger Enthusiast Pages |access-date=17 May 2024}}</ref> In 1978, the station and all associated infrastructure were included in the transfer of [[South Australian Railways]] non-metropolitan assets to [[Australian National Railways Commission|Australian National]].<ref>{{cite web |title=South Australian Railways collection |url=https://researchdata.edu.au/south-australian-railways-collection/937697 |website=Research Data Australia |access-date=17 May 2024}}</ref> The last passenger train to use the station was a tour run by Train Tour Promotions to Robertstown on 20 May 1989.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kellner |first1=Lydia |title=All aboard! Here’s a property that will have you doing the locomotion |url=https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/property/all-aboard-heres-a-property-that-will-have-you-doing-the-locomotion/news-story/2536eb4c2d0ee096bc6bbc66e320dcd2 |access-date=17 May 2024 |work=The Weekly Times |publisher=News Corporation |date=15 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Carter |first1=Mark |title=Last pass from Robertstown |url=https://flickr.com/photos/markcarter/25098364395/ |website=Flickr |access-date=17 May 2024}}</ref> Eudunda became the terminus of the line with the closure of the Robertstown line on 25 September 1990. On 11 March 1994, the Kapunda-Eudunda section of the line was closed after the last grain train was run from Eudunda.<ref>{{cite web |title=Interactive Maps of Railways and Colonisation in South Australia |url=https://railmapsa.au/ |website=Railways & Colonisation in South Australia |access-date=17 May 2024}}</ref> This section was pulled up the following year. In 2003, the railway yard land was transferred to the Regional Council of Goyder.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kerrigan |first1=S.J |title=Council Agenda – 18-11-0 |url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=cb3810afd1b853b726d0b5bf1e0ba8a22b28fa44 |website=Regional Council of Goyder |access-date=17 May 2024}}</ref>
===Present Day===
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