Last coal train leaves Leigh Creek

The last coal train has left Leigh Creek, the site of Alinta's now-defunct mine in South Australia's far north.

The final delivery will take the company's Port Augusta Power Station out until its closure next month, when more than 160 direct jobs will go.

Port Augusta Mayor Sam Johnson says a ceremony will mark the train's arrival on Wednesday and that the community hasn't given up hope for the future.

"You can't take an industry such as a power station out after 62 years of operation and people not feel somewhat flat and down," he told ABC radio on Wednesday.

"But the mood is quite positive and I believe the people of Port Augusta have actually adapted to change and are looking forward to what the next chapter will be."

Mr Johnson said the town's future was in renewable power production.

SA Liberals have used the region's last coal delivery to accuse the Weatherill government of failing to come up with a comprehensive jobs plan.

"The communities of the Upper Spencer Gulf need a bold, substantial package to begin re-orientating the economy in the face of the devastating job losses at Alinta," mineral resources and energy spokesman Dan van Holst Pellekaan said.