Albert Park railway station, Adelaide

Albert Park
3000 class No. 3026 at Albert Park in 2005
Location	West Lakes Boulevard Albert Park
Line(s)	Grange Line
Distance	9.1 km from Adelaide
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Bus routes	J7 to Westfield West Lakes & Flinders University 155 to Westfield West Lakes 156 to Port Adelaide 157 to Largs Bay 374 to Westfield West Lakes & Kidman Park
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1882
Rebuilt	2017
Services
Preceding station   TransAdelaide   Following station Woodville toward Adelaide Grange line Seaton Park toward Grange

Albert Park railway station is located on the Grange line. Situated in the western Adelaide suburb of Albert Park, it is 9.1 kilometres from Adelaide station.

The railway line between Woodville and Grange opened in September 1882. This was a private railway, constructed by the Grange Railway and Investment Company. The railway was not a financial success and was bought out by the South Australian Railways in 1893. Albert Park at this time was a simple request stop on the line.

Modifications to the track layout at Woodville station in 1909 enabled trains from the Grange branch to travel beyond Woodville into Adelaide.

For most of its lifetime, Albert Park has been an unattended single platform station on a single track branch line. However, from World War II until the early 1980s, facilities were expanded and Albert Park station had a more important role.

In November 1940, a short branch line was opened diverging from the Grange line at Albert Park and running 1.1 kilometres to the Hendon munitions works. In connection with this, Albert Park was rebuilt as a junction station with a crossing loop, an island platform, ticket office and signal cabin. Trains to and from the Hendon line invariably ran through to Woodville or Adelaide, and after the end of World War II, the Hendon trains only operated at industrial shift-change times.