Ethelton railway station
Ethelton | |||||||||||
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| Location |
Causeway Road Ethelton | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Outer Harbor Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 13.1 km from Adelaide | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bus routes | 156 to Port Adelaide & City | ||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1916 | ||||||||||
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Ethelton station is located on the Outer Harbor line.[1] Situated in the north-western Adelaide suburb of Ethelton, it is 13.1 kilometres from Adelaide station. It has been unstaffed since the ticket office closed in 1980. There is a small interchange for local buses adjacent to the station.
History
Ethelton station opened in 1916, following construction of the Commercial Road viaduct at Port Adelaide and a new bridge across the Port River. This new line diverted trains from Adelaide to Semaphore and Outer Harbor away from the congested rail yards at Port Dock station and to avoid heavy traffic along St Vincents Street in the centre of Port Adelaide.
The railway tracks through Ethelton are dual gauge and capable of carrying both 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge and 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge trains. Until July 2008, the dual gauge tracks were used by freight trains from Dry Creek and the Rosewater loop which passed through Ethelton to access industrial facilities on the Lefevre Peninsula and the container terminal at Pelican Point. All freight services through the station ceased when the new Mark Mackillop Bridge opened.[2] The disused standard gauge rails have been removed, however the dual gauge sleepers remain in place with the entire Outer Harbor line to be gauge converted in the future.
Transport links
| Bus Transfers: Stop 38 Causeway Road (Ethelton Station) | |
| Route No. | Destination & Route Details |
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City via Military Road, Westfield West Lakes, West Lakes Boulevard & Port Road[3] |
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Port Adelaide via Bower Road & Church Street.[3] |
References
- ↑ Outer Harbor & Grange timetable Adelaide Metro 23 February 2014
- ↑ Premier Mike Rann opens the Diver Derrick and Mary Mackillop road and rail bridges at Pt Adel ABC News 1 August 2008
- 1 2 Route 156 Adelaide Metro
- 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
External links
Media related to Ethelton railway station at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 34°50′55″S 138°29′42″E / 34.848492°S 138.494904°E