Gawler Central railway line
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| Overview | |||
| Locale | Adelaide, South Australia | ||
| Termini |
Adelaide Gawler Central |
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| Operation | |||
| Opened | 1857 | ||
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| Re-sleepered (concrete) | 2010-12 | ||
| Electrified | Work to commence in 2018 | ||
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| Line length | 42.2 km (26.2 mi) | ||
| Number of tracks | Double track to Gawler Single track to Gawler Central |
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| Track gauge | 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) | ||
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The Gawler Central line is a suburban commuter railway line in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the only rail route in Adelaide to have no interchange with another line at any station except Adelaide.
The line was opened in 1857 from Adelaide to Gawler, and extended to Kapunda in 1860. Branches would later be built out from Gawler to termini in Angaston, Truro, Morgan, Robertstown, Peterborough, Spalding and Gladstone.
South of Gawler, there were branches into the Holden Australia factory at Elizabeth South, the Penfield railway line which serviced the former munitions factory and other Defence facilities, and the Port Pirie line also branched from the Gawler line at Salisbury railway station until it was converted to standard gauge with a new track laid alongside the broad gauge tracks.
At Dry Creek, the Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway line branches west, and the Northfield railway line used to branch east.
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