Adelaide Metro - Future Development

Future Development

As announced in the South Australian 2008 budget and as part of the Federal Government's nation building investment at that time, over A$2 billion is being invested into transport over the next decade to revitalise the public transport network. This includes:

Light rail

• The Tramline network will be extended coast-to-coast providing a service running through Glenelg to the City, to West Lakes and Semaphore through Port Adelaide. The light-rail network will transport commuters and tourists alike from Glenelg, through the city to historic Port Adelaide and, along a new light rail connection to Semaphore. A new connection will also be established from Woodville, via a branch line to AAMI Stadium and the West Lakes retail area.
• The Tramline is being extended further along North Terrace onto Port Road, where it will travel to the Adelaide Entertainment Centre.
• In the 2008 South Australian budget it was proposed that New dual voltage trams would operate alongside electric trains and use the existing Outer Harbor line and then travel to AAMI Stadium and West Lakes on a new track built from the Grange line. Another extension will be built from Semaphore, linking back through the heart of Port Adelaide from Rosewater.

Commuter rail

• Upgrading and conversion of the suburban rail network from broad gauge to standard gauge.
• 25 kV AC electrification of the lines to Noarlunga, Grange/Outer Harbor and Gawler.
• The purchase of over 60 new electric railcars.
• 58 of the 70 existing 3000-class railcars will be converted to electric operation after refurbishment.
• By 2018 or sooner, when all the new trains are planned to be in service, the 30 older 2000-class trains from the early 1980s will be retired.
• By 2013, thanks to Federal funding, the electrified Noarlunga line will be extended to a new terminus at Seaford, the upgrading/electrifying of the Gawler line has also been brought forward to 2013.

Buses

• An extra 20 new buses a year for the next four years. The older buses that were introduced in the 1980s will also be retired in the next 5–7 years.
• The O-Bahn will also be upgraded with planned station redevelopments at key interchanges. A new ticketing system, "gated interchanges" where tickets are validated before the bus arrives.
• The Federal Government have also provided funding to improve bus access to and from the city for O-bahn buses with either an extension of the guided busway track or bus lanes.