Hawthorn railway station, Adelaide
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Hawthorn railway station on the Belair Railway Line, located in the inner southern suburb of Hawthorn
7.5 km by rail from Adelaide Railway Station
, was closed in 1995. It runs parallel to Egmont Terrace. It is 500m south of the Unley Park railway station, and consists of two earth-filled concrete faced platforms, one each side of the dual lines, which were originally both broad gauge. Each platform had a timber and iron open passenger shelter, and there was a ticket office at the foot of the Western platform which was manned only at peak hours in the 1960s. There is a shelter (the bench is gone though) and disused PA speaker on the down platform. The platform on the standard gauge side may be on the ARTC
"Hit list" of disused platforms to be removed.
On all Adelaide Metro rail network maps (in most carriages), you can see the gaps on the Belair line map where the entries for this, and the other disused stations on the Belair line, have been removed.
Hawthorn, South Australia
Hawthorn is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham. It is bounded to the north by Cross Road, to the south by Grange Road, to the west by Sussex Terrace and to the east by Belair Road.The Belair train line runs through the suburb....
7.5 km by rail from 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....
, was closed in 1995. It runs parallel to Egmont Terrace. It is 500m south of the Unley Park railway station, and consists of two earth-filled concrete faced platforms, one each side of the dual lines, which were originally both broad gauge. Each platform had a timber and iron open passenger shelter, and there was a ticket office at the foot of the Western platform which was manned only at peak hours in the 1960s. There is a shelter (the bench is gone though) and disused PA speaker on the down platform. The platform on the standard gauge side may be on the ARTC
Australian Rail Track Corporation
Australian Rail Track Corporation is a federal government owned corporation established in 1997 that owns, leases, maintains and controls the majority of main line standard gauge railway lines on the mainland of Australia, known as the Defined Interstate Rail Network .-History:The Interstate...
"Hit list" of disused platforms to be removed.
On all Adelaide Metro rail network maps (in most carriages), you can see the gaps on the Belair line map where the entries for this, and the other disused stations on the Belair line, have been removed.
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...