Alberton railway station, Adelaide
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Alberton
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| Location | Station Place Alberton |
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| Line(s) | Outer Harbor Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 10.2 km from Adelaide | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bus routes | None | ||||||||||
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| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1856 | ||||||||||
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Alberton railway station is located on the Outer Harbor line. Situated in the north-western Adelaide suburb of Alberton, it is 10.2 kilometres from Adelaide station.
No freight trains operate through Alberton station today. However a significant amount of freight traffic used the nearby Rosewater loop until 2008 when the Mary MacKillop Bridge over the Port River was opened. The Rosewater loop joined the Adelaide to Outer Harbor line at Port Adelaide Junction (just north of Alberton) heading for the Lefevre Peninsula and Pelican Point.
The railway station and the substantial brick and stone building on the northbound platform were constructed in 1856 when the line between Adelaide and Port Adelaide was built. The other intermediate stations on this line were at Bowden and Woodville.
In the early days, Adelaide to Port Adelaide was a single-track railway. As traffic on the line increased, a second platform opened at Alberton in 1878 and the single track was duplicated throughout in 1881.
Goods sidings were installed in 1892, controlled by a signal cabin adjacent to the Fussell Place level crossing.
As traffic declined in the second half of the 20th century, the goods siding and signal cabin were taken out of use in 1953. Alberton station has been unattended since 1 September 1987.
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