Midlunga railway station is a railway station located on the
Outer Harbor line, in
Adelaide
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, Australia. Situated in the north-western
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suburb of
Osborne, South Australia
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Description
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, it is from
Adelaide station.
History
Midlunga railway station was opened in 1921. It was named after a nearby land divide. The name is a
portmanteau
A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of words[Kaurna
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words that mean spear thrower and the place of respectively.
The station originally had lower step-down platforms. In 1950 Port Adelaide Council petitioned the Railway Commissioner to build high level earth-filled platforms, but this request was refused. The station appeared in the "Chief Engineer For Railways Map Showing Lines of Railways in South Australia" published in June 1950, and the June 1966 Metropolitan and Country Time and Fare Tables.
Just north of Midlunga station, the line merges into a
single track
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for the final three kilometres to
Outer Harbor. The line was reduced to a single track in October 1988.
In 2016 the station was included on a list of worst stations in Adelaide's west, based on 5 criteria.
Services by platform
References
External links
{{Adelaide Metro railway stations, Outer Harbor=y, state=collapsed
Lefevre Peninsula
Railway stations in Adelaide
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1921