TransAdelaide - Operations

Operations

Main articles: Railways in Adelaide and Glenelg Tram See also: TransAdelaide Services

TransAdelaide operated four main rail lines and two branch lines, with a total length of 120 km. In 2006 there are 240 round-trip train journeys on Monday to Fridays (plus an extra two on Fridays), 95 on Saturdays and 88 on Sundays. In the 12 months to 30 June 2009, the train system was used by a total of 11.74 million passengers, while 2.62 million used the Glenelg tram. The total train patronage in the suburban TransAdelaide network is lower than the country train network in Victoria, which recorded 12.05 million passenger trips in the same period.

Adelaide is the last suburban rail network in Australia to be electrified, with some funding provided in the 2008-09 State Budget to commence work. A$245 million has been allocated to the Outer Harbor line and A$209.7 million for the Noarlunga line. The Proposed 10-year, A$2 billion program intends to deliver 50 new electric trains, 58 3000 class railcars converted for electric use, 15 hybrid tram/trains. The 2000 class cars will be removed from suburban service.

After retiring the last of the aging Redhen railcars in 1996, TransAdelaide operated 99 broad-gauge diesel railcars, split into two classes and four types - the diesel-hydraulic powered 2000 and 2100 classes and the diesel-electric 3000 and 3100 classes. All were maintained by Bombardier at a central depot adjacent to Adelaide station.

The Adelaide–Glenelg tram line was also operated and maintained by TransAdelaide. The tram line had undergone a major A$71 million overhaul in 2005–2006 with new Bombardier Flexity light-rail vehicles replacing the aging H-type trams which had been in service since 1929. During 2007, the tram line was extended from its previous city terminus at Victoria Square along King William Street to the railway station. In 2010, the tram was further extended to the inner north west suburb of Hindmarsh, terminating outside the Entertainment Centre.

In 2006, TransAdelaide installed Rail Real Time electronic information boards at these stations:

• Gawler Central line
  • Mawson Lakes
  • Salisbury
  • Elizabeth
  • Smithfield
  • Gawler
  • Gawler Central

• Noarlunga Centre line
  • Goodwood
  • Woodlands Park
  • Oaklands
  • Brighton
  • Seacliff
  • Hallett Cove
  • Hallett Cove Beach
  • Noarlunga Centre

• Belair line
  • Goodwood
  • Mitcham
  • Coromandel
  • Blackwood

• Outer Harbor line
  • Woodville
  • Port Adelaide
  • Glanville
  • Outer Harbor