Dry Creek railway station, Adelaide
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Dry Creek railway station on the Gawler Central railway line is located in the inner northern Adelaide
suburb of Dry Creek
, 10.6 km by rail from the Adelaide Railway Station
.
In December 2008 the go-ahead was given for the relocation of the TransAdelaide
railcar depot from North Terrace to a new site east of the station. The depot will be the major maintenance and re-fuelling facility for the existing diesel rollingstock fleet, with capacity to store 70 railcars with over 11 kilometres of track. The depot has been designed to be converted to support new electric rollingstock once electrification work commences.
To the west of the station is a major freight terminal and marshalling yard. A bogie exchange
facility was located here between 1980 and 1995.
The former Northfield railway line
headed east from Dry Creek, which has since closed.
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
suburb of Dry Creek
Dry Creek, South Australia
Dry Creek is a mostly industrial suburb located north of Adelaide, containing significant wetlands and a substantial area devoted to salt crystallization pans, managed by Cheltenham Salt Limited....
, 10.6 km by rail from the Adelaide Railway Station
Adelaide Railway Station
Adelaide Railway Station is the central terminus of the Adelaide Metro railway system. It is at on the north side of North Terrace, west of Parliament House. The Adelaide Casino is in part of the building that is no longer required for the station....
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Passenger services
Some trains previously used the station as a terminus for local services and an interchange with Gawler Central services (usually for people who live between the Adelaide and Dry Creek stations), but from 28 April 2008 these services were discontinued, and now all services operate to Gawler or Gawler Central stations.In December 2008 the go-ahead was given for the relocation of the TransAdelaide
TransAdelaide
TransAdelaide was a publicly owned corporation which provided suburban train and tram services in Adelaide, South Australia, under contract to the Government of South Australia....
railcar depot from North Terrace to a new site east of the station. The depot will be the major maintenance and re-fuelling facility for the existing diesel rollingstock fleet, with capacity to store 70 railcars with over 11 kilometres of track. The depot has been designed to be converted to support new electric rollingstock once electrification work commences.
Freight
Dry Creek is at the eastern end of the Dry Creek to Port Adelaide railway line, with a triangle junction allowing trains from the north and south to head towards the branch line.To the west of the station is a major freight terminal and marshalling yard. A bogie exchange
Bogie exchange
Bogie exchange is a system for operating railway wagons on two or more gauges to overcome difference in the track gauge. To perform a bogie exchange, a car is converted from one gauge to another by removing the chassis containing the wheels and axles of the car, and installing a new chassis with...
facility was located here between 1980 and 1995.
The former Northfield railway line
Northfield railway line, Adelaide
The Northfield railway line is a defunct railway in northern Adelaide which was used mainly for industrial purposes and cattle trains. The line branched off the Gawler line just north of Dry Creek station...
headed east from Dry Creek, which has since closed.
See also
- List of Adelaide railway stations
- List of closed Adelaide railway stations
- Adelaide MetroAdelaide MetroAdelaide Metro is the public transport system of the South Australian capital of Adelaide and the brand name of the Public Transport Division of the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. It is an intermodal system with services provided by bus, tram or commuter rail throughout the...
- List of suburban and commuter rail systems
- Railways in AdelaideRailways in AdelaideThe rail network in Adelaide, South Australia, consists of five lines and 81 stations, totalling 125.9 km. It is operated by Adelaide Metro, and is part of the city-wide Adelaide Metro]public transport system. Apart from the Glenelg Tram, Adelaide's railway system is serviced entirely by...
- Rail transport in South AustraliaRail transport in South AustraliaThe first railway in colonial South Australia was a horse-drawn tramway from the port of Goolwa on the Murray River to an ocean harbour at Port Elliot in 1854...