Eden Hills railway station
Eden Hills | |||||||||||
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 Northbound view from the station platform, January 2008 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Willowie Street, Eden Hills | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°01′18″S 138°35′39″E / 35.0216°S 138.5943°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 595 feet (181 m) [1] | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Adelaide Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Belair | ||||||||||
| Distance | 14.2 km from Adelaide | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Connections | None | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 16510 (to City) 18575 (to Belair) | ||||||||||
| Website | Adelaide Metro | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 April 1912 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1990s and 2009 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Eden Hills railway station is located on the Belair line. Situated in the Adelaide southern foothills suburb of Eden Hills, it is 14.2 kilometres from Adelaide station.[2]
History
[edit]Eden Hills is the only station on the Adelaide Metro to have a tunnel on both approaches. The original line through Eden Hills was opened in 1883, as part of the Adelaide to Nairne railway. However, this station was not opened until 1 April 1912 and originally named Eden.[3] Prior to that, there was no station between Mitcham and Blackwood, although the train would slow through Eden Hills, allowing passengers to drop off parcels and bags to persons standing along the line.[4] The station once had a ticket office and shelter on the former eastern platform, like the one at Long Gully, and a shelter on the western platform.
The western platform shelter [5] and ticket office were demolished in 1984[3] The shelter on the eastern platform [5] was replaced in 2009. As part of the renewal of the Belair line in 2009, improvements to access ramps, seating, fencing, lighting, signage and safety markings have taken place at Eden Hills.[6][7]
Services by platform
[edit]| Platform | Destination/s |
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| 1 | Adelaide/Belair |
References
[edit]- ^ SAR Public Timetable 1954, pg96
- ^ Belair timetable Archived 23 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Adelaide Metro 12 October 2014
- ^ a b Callaghan, WH (1992). The Overland Railway. Sydney: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 240. ISBN 0-909650-29-2.
- ^ Callen, Janet (1983). Another Way of Life - Eden Hills 1883-1950. self-published. p. 22. ISBN 0-85864-074-0.
- ^ a b D.Carver
- ^ Belair line renewal Adelaide Metro
- ^ Belair Line Renewal Archived 28 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure
External links
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Media related to Eden Hills railway station at Wikimedia Commons