Adelaide railway station

Adelaide

Adelaide Railway Station at night

Location

125 North Terrace
Adelaide SA 5000

Coordinates

34°55′16″S 138°35′47″E / 34.9211°S 138.5964°ECoordinates: 34°55′16″S 138°35′47″E / 34.9211°S 138.5964°E

Owned by

DPTI

Operated by

Adelaide Metro

Line(s)

Belair Line, Gawler Central Line, Grange Line, Outer Harbor Line, Seaford Line, Tonsley Line

Distance

0 km from Adelaide

Platforms

9 Bay Platforms

Tracks

Bus routes

All City Buses

Connections

Glenelg Tramline

Construction

Structure type

Underground

Parking

Yes

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

19 April 1856

Rebuilt

1926-28
1985-87

Services

Preceding station	TransAdelaide	Following station
Terminus	Belair line	Mile End toward Belair
	Seaford line	Mile End toward Seaford
	Tonsley line	Mile End toward Tonsley
	Gawler Central line	North Adelaide toward Gawler Central
	Grange line	Bowden toward Grange
	Outer Harbor line	Bowden toward Outer Harbor

Adelaide railway station is the central terminus of the Adelaide Metro railway system. It is located on the north side of North Terrace, west of Parliament House. The Adelaide Casino occupies part of the building that is no longer required for railway use.

All lines approach the station from the west, and it is a terminal station with no through lines. Almost all trains on the metropolitan network either depart from or terminate here. It has nine platforms, all with broad gauge track. Until 1984, Adelaide station was the terminus for regional and interstate passenger trains, but there are no longer any regular regional train services in South Australia and all interstate services call at Adelaide Parklands Terminal.

Adelaide’s first railway station opened on the current North Terrace site in 1856. It served the broad gauge line between Adelaide and Port Adelaide, which was the first government-owned and operated steam railway in the British Empire.

The first passenger train departed from Adelaide station on 19 April 1856, carrying the Governor of South Australia and various dignitaries to a celebratory lunch at Port Adelaide. The Port line opened for public service on 21 April 1856. It was single track, with intermediate stations at Bowden, Woodville and Alberton and terminated at Port Dock station (now closed). There were six trains per day in each direction, and two on Sundays.

A second line opened to Smithfield (near Gawler) on 1 June 1857, the predecessor of today’s Gawler Central line. This diverged from the Port line at a junction in the north parklands, and was extended to Kapunda in 1860, and Burra by 1870, both important copper mining towns in the early days of the colony.

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