Railway Line Closures
In past years, one feature of Adelaide’s railway system was the number of industrial branch lines which were intended mainly for freight, but were also provided with passenger trains at peak hours. These industrial trains were progressively rationalised during the STA era, along with some other lightly used services.
| Railway closures in STA era | ||
|---|---|---|
| Destination | Date of last train | Stations closed |
| Semaphore | 29 October 1978 | Semaphore Exeter |
| Finsbury | 17 August 1979 | Woodville North No.18 Shed Finsbury Stores |
| ICI Osborne | 1 January 1980 | ICI Osborne |
| Hendon | 1 February 1980 | Hendon |
| Port Dock | 11 September 1981 | Port Dock |
| Islington Workshops | 31 July 1986 | Islington Workshops |
| Northfield | 24 July 1987 | Cavan Pooraka Northfield |
| Bridgewater | 26 July 1987 | National Park Long Gully Upper Sturt Mount Lofty Heathfield Madurta Aldgate Jibilla Carripook Bridgewater |
| Dry Creek to Port Adelaide | 27 May 1988 (§ closed 29 May 1987) |
§ Wingfield § North Arm Road § Eastern Parade Grand Junction Road Rosewater |
| Penfield | 4 January 1991 | Hilra Penfield No.1 Penfield No.2 |
| GMH Elizabeth | 14 August 1992 | GMH Elizabeth |
Note regarding closure dates: Common railway practice is to record the official closure of a line as a date which falls on a Sunday. In cases where the train service only operated Monday to Friday, this means the last train would actually have run on the preceding Friday. This was the situation in most (but not all) examples in the table above. Hence the “last train” date quoted may differ by a day or two from the official record.
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