Cook, South Australia

Cook (30°36′ S 130°24′ E) is a railway station and crossing loop on the standard gauge TransAustralian railway from Adelaide to Perth, pretty much in the middle of nowhere. It has a few houses, and fuel tanks for the locomotives. The crossing loop can cross trains up to 1800m long.

The town was created in 1917 when the railway was built. It was effectively closed in 1997 when the railways were privatised and the new owners didn't need a support town there, although the diesel refueling facilities remain. The shop and bush hospital are closed. Cook is the only scheduled stop on the Nullarbor Plain for the Indian Pacific passenger train across Australia.

Cook is on the longest stretch of straight railway in the world, at 479 km.