Tonsley railway station is located on the
Flinders line in the south-western
Adelaide
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suburb of
Tonsley, 12.2 kilometres from
Adelaide station. The original station was 13 kilometres from Adelaide, and was the terminus of the line from its opening in 1966 until the station's closure in 2019; the station was then relocated to its current position and opened in 2020.
History
The original station opened on 1 July 1966 when the Tonsley line opened. Trains operated between 07:00 and 19:00 on weekdays, with no weekend services.
To allow for extension of the railway to
Flinders, Tonsley station closed on 28 June 2019 and was later demolished.
[Keam, Patrick. (13 December 2017). "Fight to block station closure", '' CoastCity Weekly'', p14.] The site of the former station is now occupied by the start of a viaduct that continues the railway over Sturt Road and
Main South Road
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to terminate at
Flinders station, adjacent to the
Flinders Medical Centre
Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) is a major public tertiary hospital and teaching school, co-located with Flinders University and the 130 bed Flinders Private Hospital located at Bedford Park, South Australia. It opened in 1976. It serves as the t ...
. It was built concurrently with the associated
Darlington Upgrade Project.
[Etheridge, Michelle. (7 June 2017). "Uni’s village people", '' CoastCity Weekly'', p1.]
The replacement of Tonsley station with Flinders station was contested by local residents, who submitted a petition to keep Tonsley station.
The
Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure
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published a revised plan which would see a new Tonsley station built concurrently with the Flinders extension; located immediately south of Alawoona Avenue before the elevated section of track, the new Tonsley station replaces
Clovelly Park station in serving the Tonsley Development Precinct and associated housing development.
[Etheridge, Michelle. (28 February 2018). "New station on track", '' CoastCity Weekly'', p5.] The new Tonsley railway station opened on 29 December 2020.
Services by platform
References
External links
{{Adelaide Metro railway stations, Flinders=y, state=collapsed
Railway stations in Adelaide
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1966