List of closed Adelaide railway stations
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[edit] Closed stations
There are five extant closed stations on the passenger railway network in the city of Adelaide, South Australia:
- Cheltenham Racecourse (Outer Harbor line) (closed 21 February 2009)
- Clapham (Belair line) (closed 28 April 1995)
- Hawthorn (Belair line) (closed 28 April 1995)
- Islington Works (Gawler Central line) (closed 2000)
- Millswood (Belair line) (closed 28 April 1995)
[edit] Demolished stations
There are also several stations that have been closed and demolished:
- Port Dock (closed 13 September 1981), some of the original platforms and the goods shed survive as part of the National Railway Museum - Port Adelaide
- Golf Links (Grange line), closed 1961
- Holdens (Grange line), closed 1992
- Old Grange (Grange line)
- South Brighton (Noarlunga line), closed 1976
- Sleeps Hill (Belair line)
- Mile End Goods (Belair line)
- G.M.H. (at the end of a spur off the Gawler Central line just north of Nurlutta)
- Tube Mills (Gawler Central line)
- Yerlo (Outer Harbor line), closed 13 September 1981, replaced by North Haven
- Grand Junction (Gawler line), opened 1857, closed 1859
- Torrens Bridge, (Pt Adelaide line), closed 1888
- Original Christie Downs, (Noarlunga line)
- Cheltenham Racecourse siding (Outer Harbor line), closed 1953
- Old Oaklands (Noarlunga line), opened 1913, closed and demolished 2008, replaced by the new Oaklands station closer to the Morphett/Diagonal level crossing.
[edit] Closed railway lines (and their closed stations)
Several complete lines have been closed, with the rails removed, all of the station infrastructure removed, and some of the stations demolished:
- Willunga railway line (closed 1969)
The right of way is now used as the Coast to Vines Rail Trail.
- Patpa
- Happy Valley
- Reynella
- Pimpala
- Coorara
- Morphett Vale
- Yetto
- Hackham
- Korro
- Noarlunga
- Moana
- Tuni
- McLaren Vale
- Pikkara
- Taringa
- Willunga
- North Terrace – Glenelg railway line (closed 14 December 1929)
- Thebarton
- Hilton
- Richmond
- Kurralta Park
- Plympton Coursing Ground (closed c.1925)
- Plympton
- Morphettville
- Camden
- Novar Gardens
- Macdonalds
- Golf Links (closed by 1929)
- St Leonards (closed 1926)
- Glenelg
- Glenelg (closed 1929 and converted to Glenelg tram)
- Victoria Square (closed 1914)
- South Terrace
- Wayville
- Goodwood Road
- Goodwood
- Forestville
- Black Forest
- Hayhurst
- South Plympton
- Morphettville
- Helmsdale
- Miller's Corner
- Glenelg
- Glenelg and South Coast Tramway (closed 1880)
- Jubilee Exhibition Railway (closed 1925). It is arguable whether this was a long siding or a short branch
- it had no stations.
[edit] Closed branch lines
[edit] Branches from "South line"
- Mount Pleasant railway line (closed 1964)
Branch from "South line"[which?] at Balhannah.
- Oakbank
- Mappinga
- Riverview
- Woodside
- Kayannie
- Charleston
- Muralappie
- Mt Torrens
- Milkappa
- Birdwood
- Crane Rd
- Narcoonah
- Mt Pleasant
[edit] Branches from Grange railway line
- Henley Beach railway line (opened 5 February 1894, closed 31 August 1957)
An extension of Grange railway line.
- Hendon railway line (closed 1 February 1980)
Branched from the Grange line at Albert Park station.
[edit] Branches from Outer Harbor railway line
- Largs Jetty railway line (closed 1908)
Branched from the Outer Harbor line at Largs station, traversing Jetty Road, Largs Bay to the Largs Pier Hotel and the Largs Pier / jetty.
- Semaphore railway line (closed 29 October 1978)
Branched from the Outer Harbor line at Glanville station, traversing Jetty Road, Semaphore to the pier / jetty.
- Finsbury railway line (closed 17 August 1979)
Branched from the Outer Harbor line starting Woodville station.
- Actil (closed 1970)
- Woodville North (closed 1979)
- No. 18 Shed (closed 1979)
- Finsbury Stores (closed 1979)
[edit] Branches from Belair Line
- Clapham, branch of Belair line starting at Mitcham station (closed 1917)
[edit] Branches from Gawler Line
- Northfield, branch of Gawler line starting at Dry Creek station (closed 1987)
- Cavan (closed 1987)
- Pooraka (closed 1987)
- Northfield (closed 1987)
- Stockade
- Penfield, branch from the Gawler line at Salisbury (closed 1991)
- Hilra
- Penfield 1
- Penfield 2
- Penfield 3
- RAAF Edinburgh
- Rosewater Loop (closed to passengers 27 May 1988, freight 2008)
- Grand Junction Road (closed 27 May 1988)
- Rosewater (closed 27 May 1988)
- Birkenhead Loop (closed 2008)
[edit] Existing freight lines
Lines where passenger trains have been withdrawn, but still open for freight:
- ICI Osborne (closed to passengers 1980)
- Dry Creek-Port Adelaide (closed to passengers 27 May 1988)
- Wingfield (closed 29 May 1987)
- North Arm Road (closed 29 May 1987)
- Eastern Parade (closed 29 May 1987)
- Rosewater (closed 27 May 1988)
- Bridgewater, extension of Belair line (includes stations between Bridgewater and Tailem Bend) (closed to passengers 1987 and converted to standard gauge 1995)
- National Park
- Long Gully
- Nalawort
- Upper Sturt
- Mount Lofty
- Heathfield
- Madurta
- Aldgate
- Jibilla
- Carripook
- Bridgewater
- Yantaringa
- Ambleside
- Balhannah
- Mount Barker Junction (to the east was the junction with the Victor Harbor railway line
- Nairne
- Petwood
- Callington
- Monarto South
- Murray Bridge
- Tailem Bend
- Main North, branch from the Gawler line at Salisbury (closed 1982 when converted to standard gauge)
- Barossa, extension of Gawler Central line (closed to passengers 16 December 1968)
[edit] Closed intrastate lines
Country railway lines that are no longer used and/or have been dismantled:
- Balaklava, branch of Gawler Central line from Gawler.
- Spalding, branch of Terowie line from Riverton (closed 1983)
- Mount Gambier, branch of Adelaide-Melbourne railway line from Woseley (closed to passengers 1990)
- Robertstown, branch of Morgan line from Eudunda.
- Terowie, branch of Balaklava line (closed 1980s)
- Whyalla, branch of Adelaide-Darwin railway from Port Augusta (closed 31 December 1990)
- Wilmington, narrow-gauge branch from Gladstone
[edit] References
- Rails Through Swamp and Sand – A History of the Port Adelaide Railway. M. Thompson pub. Port Dock Station Railway Museum (1988) ISBN 0-9595073-6-1
- Andrews FB. "The Salisbury munitions tramways." In Light railways, 187. February 2006.
- Anon. The bay line. SASTA, Adelaide. 1979
- Barry PJ. "The Jubilee Exhibition Railway" In ARHS bulletin 732. October, 1998.
- Callaghan WH. The overland railway. ARHS NSW, St James. 1992.
- Castle BJ. "The Balhannah - Mount Pleasant branch line." ARHS bulletin 316, February, 1964.
- Collins N. The jetties of South Australia. Privately published, Woodside. 2005.
- Fluck RE, R Sampson and KJ Bird. Steam locomotives and railcars of the South Australian Railways. Mile End Railway Museum, Roseworthy. 1986.
- Jennings R. Line clear: 100 years of train working Adelaide-Serviceton. Mile End Railway Museum, Roseworthy. 1986.
- Lockyer A. "Jetty and wharf tramways of South Australia". In Light railways, 142. August, 1998.
- Mack D. Little coastal railways of the Adelaide plains. Privately published, Camden Park. 1986.
- McNicol S. SAR railcars. Railmac, Elizabeth. 1989.
- Pantlin G and J Sargent (eds). Railway stations in greater metropolitan Adelaide. Train Hobby, Melbourne. 2005.
- Richardson J.(ed) Along the line no. 2. Traction, Canberra City. 1964.
- Richardson J.(ed) Along the line in South Australia. Traction, Canberra City. 1964
- Sampson R. Rails round Adelaide. Mile End Railway Museum, Walkerville. 1978.
- Thompson MH. "The Goodwood - Brighton - Willunga line." ARHS bulletin, 336, October, 1965.
- Wheaton RT. Rails to the bay. Australian Electric Traction Assoc. Sydney, 1971.
[edit] See also
- List of Adelaide railway stations
- List of suburban and commuter rail systems
- TransAdelaide
- Railways in Adelaide
- Rail transport in South Australia
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