Hilra railway station, Adelaide
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Hilra railway station is a former railway station on the defunct Penfield railway line which is located in the northern Adelaide
suburb of Salisbury North
. It is located 21.7km by railway from the Adelaide Railway Station
.The station was located parallel to Langford Terrace, adjacent to the freight train line, and inline roughly to Compton Street.
The station was opened in 1941 along with the Penfield line. The station was different from the others as it had up and down stepdown platforms about 61 metres long. The station was unstaffed and had a small shelter. There were similar facilities on the side of the adjacent Port Pirie line.
The station had closed by 3 February 1988, with the steps on the down platform (which was on the 'main line' side at the time) having been removed. The station is now long gone, it was probably demolished in 1991, when the line closed. There are several buildings on the old Hilra station site, including a Streets
factory.
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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 Salisbury North
Salisbury North, South Australia
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. It is located 21.7km by railway from the Adelaide Railway Station
Adelaide Railway Station
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.The station was located parallel to Langford Terrace, adjacent to the freight train line, and inline roughly to Compton Street.
The station was opened in 1941 along with the Penfield line. The station was different from the others as it had up and down stepdown platforms about 61 metres long. The station was unstaffed and had a small shelter. There were similar facilities on the side of the adjacent Port Pirie line.
The station had closed by 3 February 1988, with the steps on the down platform (which was on the 'main line' side at the time) having been removed. The station is now long gone, it was probably demolished in 1991, when the line closed. There are several buildings on the old Hilra station site, including a Streets
Streets (ice cream)
Streets Ice-cream is an Australian ice-cream brand owned by the multi-national company, Unilever.Streets was founded in Corrimal, New South Wales in the 1930s by Edwin 'Ted' Street and Gordon Rider and is now Australia's largest ice-cream manufacturer. Products were manufactured at a factory in the...
factory.
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