Peterhead railway station, Adelaide

Peterhead
Railways in Adelaide - List of Railway Stations
Train Services
Outer Harbor Line
Location
Street	Hargrave Street Tracy Street
Suburb	Exeter Birkenhead
Distance from Adelaide	14.6 km
Access by	Level pedestrian crossing
Frequency
Hi-Frequency Station	No
Peak Frequency	Every 20 Mins
Weekday Frequency	Every 30 Mins
Weekend Frequency	Every 60 Mins
Night Frequency	Every 60 Mins
Facilities
Real Rail Time Display	No
Real Rail Time Speaker	Yes
Number of Platforms	1
Platform Layout	1 Centre platform
Toilets	No
Car Parking	Yes
Bike Storage	No
Lounge	No
Kiosk	No
Wheelchair access	Yes
Other facilities	None
History
Opened	1911
Transfers
Train transfer	None
Bus transfer	352 to Port Adelaide 353 to Port Adelaide
Adjacent Stations
« Previous Glanville	Next » Largs

Peterhead railway station is a railway station on the Outer Harbor railway line which is located in northwestern Adelaide, straddling the suburbs of Peterhead, Birkenhead, and Exeter on the LeFevre Peninsula. It is located 14.6km by railway from the Adelaide Railway Station and caters for broad gauge (1600mm) suburban trains only.

The current station was opened in 1911, along with the Glanville to Outer Harbor extension. Talks in the 1990s commenced to again terminate trains at Glanville, and provide alternate transport arrangements beyond Glanville. As a result, a feeder bus was introduced to connect Outer Harbour to the train at Glanville and Ethelton, as well as allowing passengers to travel to Port Adelaide, Semaphore (which used to have its own branch from the main line) and West Lakes. This was later split into two routes, one staying west near Military Road, and the other servicing the Eastern side of the Peninsula along Fletcher and Victoria Roads. Fortunately for commuters on the Le Fevre Peninsula, these plans were later scrapped (and bus changes since then mean that these feeder buses no longer operate - or at least not as a localised loop).

Since at least the mid 1990s, discussion has been ongoing about the future of the entire line, however the most likely option would simply replace the train for a tram (with possibly minor route alterations further up the track, between Adelaide and Woodville, and at Port Adelaide).

Services

Platform #1:

• Outer Harbor line - all stations services to Outer Harbor

Platform #2:

• Outer Harbor line - all stations and limited stops services to Adelaide

Bus routes

Adelaide Metro Bus Transfers
Stop Number 44B (Hargrave Street)
Route No.	Destination & Route Details
352	Port Adelaide via Semaphore, Military Road and Bower Road
353	Port Adelaide via Fletcher Road and Nelson Street.

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