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.
History
The railway line between
Woodville and
Grange
Grange may refer to:
Buildings
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* Grange Estate, Pennsylvania, built in 1682
* Monastic grange, a farming estate belonging to a monastery
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opened in September 1882. It was a
private railway, constructed by the Grange Railway and Investment Company, and Albert Park at this time was a simple
request stop
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on the line. For most of its lifetime, Albert Park has been a single platform station on a single track branch line. Modifications to the track layout at
Woodville station in 1909 enabled trains from the Grange branch to travel beyond Woodville into
Adelaide.
In November 1940, a
station
Station may refer to:
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at
Hendon
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opened; the tracks diverged from the Grange line at Albert Park. It closed in 1980.
[''Rails Through Swamp and Sand – A History of the Port Adelaide Railway''. M. Thompson pub. Port Dock Station Railway Museum (1988) .] In connection with this, Albert Park was rebuilt as a
junction station with a
crossing loop
A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place, refuge loop or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at or near a station, where trains or ...
, an
island platform, ticket office and
signal cabin.
The ticket office and signal cabin at Albert Park were closed on 15 November 1981 and the crossing loop was taken out of service. The mechanically-operated lower quadrant
semaphore signals at Albert Park were the last such installation on the
State Transport Authority suburban passenger system (although other lower-quadrant signals on
Australian National track at Gillman Yard,
Port Adelaide
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survived until the early 1990s). The layout at Albert Park was rationalised, resulting in the simple layout and basic facilities provided today. The station was rebuilt in early 2017 while the entire railway line was closed to allow for a railway bridge to be constructed over
South Road.
Services by platform
References
External links
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{{Adelaide Metro railway stations, Grange=y, state=collapsed
Railway stations in Adelaide