Torrens Park railway station is located on the
Belair line in suburban
Adelaide
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in
South Australia
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. Located 9.3 kilometres from
Adelaide station, it serves the inner southern suburb of
Torrens Park.
History
The station opened in 1914 as Blythwood, being renamed Torrens Park in 1921. In 1992, the
Australian Plants Society
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A national conference is h ...
commenced the Torrens Park Railway Station Project which made the surrounding area look much more attractive.
In 1995, the western side platform was closed when the inbound line was converted to
standard gauge as part of the
One Nation Adelaide-Melbourne line gauge conversion project. The disused platform was demolished in March 2008.
Torrens Park Station Track Realignment
KBR
Services by platform
Transport Links
Gallery
Image:TorrensPk-EastPlatform-LookingNorth-Aug08.jpg, Northbound view in August 2008
Image:TorrensPk-EastPlatform-LookingSouth.jpg, Southbound view in August 2008
Image:TorrensPk-PedUnderpass-Aug08.jpg, Pedestrian underpass in August 2008
Image:TorrensPk-LookingNorth-WoodenSleepers-Aug08.jpg, Wooden sleepers on broad gauge track in August 2008
Image:TorrensPk-StdGaugeOnDualConcreteSleepers-Aug08.jpg, Standard gauge track on dual gauge concrete sleepers in August 2008
References
External links
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Railway stations in Adelaide