Showground Central railway station was a temporary station in the inner southern

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

suburb of

Wayville Wayville is an inner-southern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Unley. It is most notable for hosting of the Royal Adelaide Show at the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds, Adelaide Showgrounds. The suburb is bordered to the north by Adelaide's South Par ...

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, located 4.4 kilometres from Adelaide station. The station was only used during the

Royal Adelaide Show The Royal Adelaide Show is an annual carnival and agricultural show run by the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia. It is held at the Adelaide Showground, a dedicated venue located in Wayville, a suburb of Adelaide, S ...

in early September each year.

History

Showground Central station was first used in September 2003.Public Transport it to the Adelaide Show and save
Adelaide Metro 27 August 2003 It was located between Keswick and Goodwood stations, adjacent to the

Adelaide Showground The Adelaide Showground holds many of Adelaide's most popular events, including the Royal Adelaide Show. The Showground (also popularly known as the Wayville Showgrounds) is located in the inner-southern Adelaide suburb of Wayville, just so ...

on the eastern side of the Belair and Seaford lines. It consisted of a single temporary platform that was assembled for the duration of the show, then removed and stored until the following year. The temporary platform was noted in 2004 as having "a significant effect on patronage, with over 90,000 passengers using this facility during the Show". Initially it was served by regular Belair and Seaford services making additional stops along with a special service from the Gawler line operating via the

Adelaide Gaol Adelaide Gaol is a former Australian prison located in the Park Lands of Adelaide, in the state of South Australia. The gaol was the first permanent one in South Australia and operated from 1841 until 1988. The Gaol is one of the two oldest bui ...

loop. In 2005 these services ceased to call at the station with an express shuttle running along between Adelaide station and Showground Central introduced and remaining in place until the station's closure. Showground Central was last used in 2013, with a permanent

Adelaide Showground railway station Adelaide Showground railway station is located on the Belair, Flinders and Seaford lines, and is located in the inner western Adelaide suburb of Keswick. It is four kilometres from Adelaide station, and replaced Keswick station and the tem ...

opening in February 2014 to replace both the old seasonal station and Keswick station.Adelaide Showground Station opened on 17 February 2014
Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure

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Disused railway stations in South Australia Railway stations in Australia opened in 2003 Railway stations closed in 2013 Railway stations in Australia closed in the 2010s