North Adelaide railway station is located on the Gawler line in the inner northern

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suburb of

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. It is from Adelaide station.

History

North Adelaide station opened in 1857 with a station building (including a waiting room, ladies waiting room and ticket office) and attached four room residence and garden. The enclosed garden still contains mature exotic trees including

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, phoenix palm and

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. The building is the third oldest surviving railway station in South Australia and distinct from the earlier 1856

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and Alberton stations, having an attached residence. The buildings are classed as historic and listed on the

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. After Bowden, Alberton and St Kilda railway station, Melbourne, it is the fourth oldest railway station in Australia. There is also an outbuilding to the north. In 1878 the windows, doors and west facing verandah over the platform were altered. In 1880 a signal box was erected south of the station building at the end of the platform, but this has since been demolished. In 1940, most trains stopped or could be requested to stop at North Adelaide. In 1969, all trains except express trains stopped here every day. In the late 1980s, the

bound platform was shortened. The station was closed for a brief period in the 1990s, having declined into a bad state of repair. The structure on the Gawler bound platform was burnt down and replaced by the present shelter. There were sidings and a wood yard selling firewood west of this platform where the standard gauge line to Darwin now runs. Special event trains for the annual Skyshow fireworks previously used this station as a terminus. When the

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is held at the nearby

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in January each year, most trains stop at this station. In January 2013, North Adelaide station became the temporary terminus of the Gawler Central line while Adelaide station was closed for a month. The station is no longer staffed, and the building is owned and managed by the

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. In recent times the station building was used for housing a community group, Bicycle SA (1996-circa 2004).

Services by platform

North Adelaide station is only served by a limited number of trains stop at this station between 06:00 and 09:45, and 13:30 and 19:00 on weekdays only.Gawler Central timetable
Adelaide Metro 4 February 2013

Gallery

File:North Adelaide Railway Station, Adelaide, About 1880.jpg, Station building with signal box in background, about 1880 File:AdelaideRail 3.jpg, The station in 2005 File:Former North Adelaide Station (19437226941).jpg, Front view, 2015 File:New Cafe in North Adelaide Station (31646974933).jpg, Front view (including cafe), December 2016

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* * {{Adelaide Metro railway stations, Gawler=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Adelaide Railway stations in Australia opened in 1857 South Australian Heritage Register North Adelaide

History

Services by platform

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