Rail and Bus Services
All rail services are provided by Adelaide Metro using diesel railcars. All northbound trains depart from Platform 1 and continue to Salisbury, Gawler or Gawler Central. Southbound trains depart from Platform 2 and terminate at Adelaide.
Trains to and from Adelaide and Gawler operate every 15 minutes at off-peak times on Monday to Friday, and every 30 minutes through the day on Saturday and Sunday. Services are more frequent in peak hours. In the evening, trains run every hour.
Local buses from Mawson Interchange are scheduled to connect with train arrivals and departures and use the Adelaide Metro ticketing system, which allows free transfer between buses and trains within time limits. Bus services are currently operated by SouthLink and Torrens Transit under contract to the S.A. Government’s Office of Public Transport.
Bus routes from Mawson Interchange (as of April 2008) are:
- 222 and 224 travelling south to City via the Mawson Lakes, South Australia residential area and Main North Road. 224 also continues north to Elizabeth Station via Salisbury Interchange
- 411 travelling north-west to Salisbury Interchange via Paralowie.
- 565 travelling east to Ingle Farm via Montague Road connect to 560 to Tea Tree Plaza
- 501 travelling east then south - Limited stop to Adelaide via Ingle Farm and the O-Bahn some services connect to 202 at Ingle Farm Shopping Centre
A number of freight trains also pass through Mawson Interchange. Through the station itself, there are broad gauge trains carrying limestone from the Barossa Valley to Osborne and trains carrying grain from Roseworthy to Port Adelaide for export.
Just west of the passenger station (but not passing through the platforms) is the ARTC standard gauge main line northwards from Adelaide. This is used by regular interstate freight trains to and from Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Darwin, together with The Ghan and Indian Pacific transcontinental passenger trains.
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