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Hendon railway station, Adelaide

Hendon Line
Overview
Status Closed and removed
Locale Adelaide, South Australia
Coordinates 34°52′47″S 138°30′53″E / 34.8797°S 138.5146°E / -34.8797; 138.5146Coordinates: 34°52′47″S 138°30′53″E / 34.8797°S 138.5146°E / -34.8797; 138.5146
Termini Adelaide
Hendon
Operation
Opened 1940
Closed 1 February 1980
Technical
Line length 10.2 km (6.3 mi)
Number of tracks Double track to Woodville
Single track to Albert Park
Closed from Albert Park (formerly single track to Hendon)
Route map
0.0
Adelaide
7.5
Woodville
9.1
Albert Park
Clark Terrace
10.2
Hendon
closed 1980

The Hendon railway line was a railway in western Adelaide that was used mainly for industrial purposes in the mid 20th century. The line branched from Albert Park station on the Grange line, and ran for 1.1 kilometres with just one further station, the terminus Hendon.

The line opened in 1940 to serve nearby factories at Hendon during World War II. The terminus station was east of Tapleys Hill Road. The station was an island platform with sidings but the track was single for the entire length. After the war, rail traffic declined and passenger services at Hendon was reduced to morning and peak-hours only providing services to residents and workers of factories established in the old munitions factories, including Philips Electrical Industries and the South Australian Brush Company.

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. In spite of low passenger numbers the Hendon line continued operation until 1 February 1980, after which the line was closed and removed. There is no evidence of the station or track left, and the trackbed of the Hendon branch now forms part of the eastern end of West Lakes Boulevard, a main approach road to the suburb of West Lakes and its shopping mall. 


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