Outer Harbor railway line

Outer Harbor Line Railways in Adelaide - Trams in Adelaide
Railway Line Overview
Route
Starting Point	Adelaide
Major Stations	Woodville Port Adelaide Glanville
Terminus	Outer Harbor
Line Length	21.9 km
Track	Double track to Midlunga Single track to Outer Harbor
Frequency
Peak Frequency	Every 20-30 Mins
Weekday Frequency	Every 30 Mins
Weekend Frequency	Every 60 Mins
Night Frequency	Every 60 Mins
Rolling Stock
2000/2100 class	Yes
3000/3100 class	Yes
History
Opened	1856 (To Port Adelaide) 1908 (To Outer Harbor)
Re-sleepered (Concrete)	2002
Electrified	2013
Adelaide Railway Lines
Belair Line
Gawler Central Line
Glenelg Tram
Grange Line
Noarlunga Centre Line
Outer Harbor Line
Showground Central Line
Tonsley Line

The Outer Harbor Railway Line in Adelaide, South Australia runs from Adelaide Railway Station. It includes many suburban railway stations, and shares part of its run with the Grange line.

History

The section between Adelaide and Port Adelaide Junction is the oldest railway in Adelaide and was the first government-owned railway in the British Empire^{[citation needed]}, opening in 1856.

Electrification

When delivering the 2008 South Australian State Budget, Treasurer Kevin Foley announced a $83 million plan to electrify the Outer Harbor line as part of the Government's 10-year $2 billion plan to revitalise Adelaide's public transport network.

An additional plan would see the current Outer Harbor line become the centrepiece of Adelaide's new rail system. With plans to extend the Glenelg tramline to the Adelaide Entertainment Centre and converting the line to standard gauge, it would become a heavy/light rail line, with trams sharing the rails with heavy electric trains. Trams would serve AAMI Stadium at West Lakes, Port Adelaide and Semaphore, with heavy rail serving most of the current route. The time frame for electrification is for a 2016/18 completion, while further upgrades are due to be completed within the 10-year target of the Budget.

This was in addition to the electrification of the Noarlunga and Gawler rail corridors.

Route

The line is double track from Adelaide station to Midlunga station, then single for the final 3 km to Outer Harbor. The northern section of the line runs along the middle of the narrow Lefevre Peninsula with stations at regular intervals. The line is broad gauge (1600 mm), the same as the rest of the Adelaide network. The line between Port Adelaide Junction and Glanville was dual gauge until early December 2009. The standard gauge was removed during the temporary closure of the Outer Harbor line as the Port Adelaide Viaduct upgrade.

Timetables

Unlike the Gawler Central and Noarlunga Centre lines, the timetable on the Outer Harbor line are relatively simple. Weekday off-peak services run every 30 minutes, with most trains running express between Adelaide and Woodville. Weekday peak services run every 20-30 min, with the majority also running express between Adelaide and Woodville. Two services in the morning and one in the evening run express between Adelaide and Ethelton. There are also three services that terminate at Glanville during peak times to supplement these expresses. Weekend and evening/night services run every hour, calling at all stations, and because there is no railcar depot on the line the last two railcars at night run express back to Adelaide from Outer Harbor. Some Saturday services are every 30 minutes during some sort of weekend peak hour.

Services are similar on the Grange line, which use the same track between Adelaide and Woodville, where the Grange line diverges south west. Grange trains stop at all stations.

Services are operated by 3100/3000 class railcars and 2100/2000 class railcars ("Jumbos"). Jumbos run on peak hour services, usually as three-car sets. Some off-peak services are two-three car Jumbos.

Line guide

Outer Harbor Line suburban service
Legend
Broad gauge Standard gauge TransAdelaide commuter trains TransAdelaide trams
21.9km 0:39 Outer Harbor Golfcourse Entrance Balloon Loop exit Klingberg Drive 20.5km 0:37 North Haven Osborne Road 19.6km 0:35 Osborne Connection to Pelican Point 18.8km 0:34 Midlunga Gedville Road 18.2km 0:32 Taperoo Strathfield Terrace 17.2km 0:30 Draper Kalopore Avenue 16.4km 0:29 Largs North Fletcher Road Jetty Road 15.5km 0:27 Largs Largs Jetty Wills Street Hargrave Street 14.6km 0:26 Peterhead Harris Street Semaphore Road To Semaphore 13.8km 0:24 Glanville Interchange Birkenhead Loop to Pelican Point (Dual gauge) Hart Street 13.1km 0:22 Ethelton Rennie Road Port River Old Port Road Church Street 11.7km 0:20 Port Adelaide (Commercial Road) Lipson Street Proposed tram extension National Railway Museum Grand Junction Road Rosewater Loop to Dry Creek (Dual gauge) 10.2km 0:17 Alberton Fussel Place 9.2km 0:15 Cheltenham Cheltenham Racecourse (Closed 2009) Cheltenham Road To Gillman Junction via Finsbury To Grange 7.5km 0:13 Woodville Woodville Road 6.8km 0:11 Woodville Park Kilkenny Road 6.0km 0:09 Kilkenny private road 5.1km 0:07 West Croydon (Over Rosetta Street) 4.2km 0:06 Croydon Elizabeth Street South Road Coglin Street Chief Street East Street 2.7km 0:04 Bowden Gibson Street Gibson Street Proposed Glenelg Tram junction Park Terrace Entertainment Centre To Port Augusta To Gawler Torrens Bridge River Torrens To Noarlunga, Tonsley and Belair West Terrace Adelaide Depot City West Morphett Street 0km 0:00 Adelaide Station To Glenelg

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  Outer Harbor

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  Midlunga

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  Ethelton

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  Port Adelaide Rebuilt 2010

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  Woodville

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  Kilkenny

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  Bowden

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