Description and Remains
The line branched off at Glanville station and ran along the centre of Semaphore Road, until it terminated right next to the Esplanade. Semaphore station was located east of Esplanade Road. The Exeter station was located to the east side of where Swan Terrace and Woolnough Road intersect. The original stations have been demolished and practically no evidence of the stations remains. The original rail track has since been dismantled, with only some remnant evidence of the road bed remaining.
The large median strip along Semaphore road remains as a result of the line. In 2006, the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council made a proposal for a light rail network to be constructed in the North West suburbs, which included a branch along the route of the former Semaphore Line.
The South Australian state government in its 2008 State Budget announced that a light rail network would be constructed, and that a light rail branch was expected to be constructed to Semaphore in 2018.
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