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Seaford Line
The Seaford line is a commuter railway line in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the city's second longest metropolitan railway line at . History Before the extension of the line to Noarlunga Centre in 1978, the Willunga line ran from Hallett Cove station on a different route through Reynella, Morphett Vale and Hackham to Willunga (south-east of Noarlunga). It closed in 1969 and in September 1972 a track-removal train removed the tracks, and for six years Noarlunga had no train service. The South Australian Railways and its successor, the State Transport Authority, extended the current railway southwards in stages from Hallett Cove to cater for increasing residential development in the southern area. Opening dates for passenger services were: Hallett Cove Beach on 30 June 1974; Christie Downs on 25 January 1976 (This was a temporary terminus just north of Beach Road and adjacent to Hyacinth Crescent, and was in a different location to the current Christie Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seaford Railway Station, Adelaide
Seaford railway station is the terminus of the Seaford line in South Australia. Situated in the southern Adelaide Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to ei ... suburb of Seaford, it is 35.9 kilometres from Adelaide station. History Seaford station opened on 23 February 2014 as part of the extension of the line from Noarlunga Centre. The line between Seaford Road and Griffiths Drive follows a similar alignment to the former Willunga railway line, and Seaford station is located approximately 300m from the site of the former Moana railway station, which is now housing. The station is located between Griffiths Drive and Lynton Terrace and has two side platforms connected by an overhead walkway. It also functions as a bus interchange for the majority of bus services in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reynella Railway Station
Reynella railway station was a railway station in Reynella, South Australia that was part of the Willunga railway line. A station master was appointed in 1915, but by 1965 it was a non-attended crossing station. Water was available for locomotive purposes. Commercial operations ceased in 1969. The Willunga railway line and its stations were dismantled in 1972, and have since been mostly replaced by a bicycle path and/or road. A bus interchange A bus station, bus depot, or bus interchange is a structure where city buses or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. A bus station is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can s ... was built on the site of the Reynella railway station. References *Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin No 336, October 1965The Willunga Railway LineRailpage Australia Forum External links Photo of Reynella station, 1969Last goods train to depart the Reynella station 1969Rey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onkaparinga River Train Viaduct
Onkapringa may refer to. *Onkaparinga Football Club, a predecessor of the Onkaparinga Valley Football Club *Onkaparinga Racecourse - now called the Oakbank Racecourse *Onkaparinga Racing Club - now called the Oakbank Racing Club *District Council of Onkaparinga, a former local government area in South Australia *Onkaparinga River, a river in South Australia * Onkaparinga Rugby Union Football Club *City of Onkaparinga, a local government area in South Australia * Electoral district of Onkaparinga, a former electorate district in South Australia *Hundred of Onkaparinga The Hundred of Onkaparinga is a cadastral hundred of the County of Adelaide, South Australia, in the Adelaide Hills. It was proclaimed by Governor Frederick Robe in 1846 and named for the Onkaparinga River valley, which flows from north east to s ..., a cadastral unit in South Australia See also * * * Onkaparinga Hills, South Australia * Onkaparinga Valley Road {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Stanvac Refinery
Port Stanvac Refinery was an oil refinery in the Australian state of South Australia located in Lonsdale, a southern suburb of Adelaide. Its construction was announced in 1958 and began refining crude oil in 1963. It had a capacity of 3.3 million tons per annum and was owned by ExxonMobil Australia (and previously Mobil). The refinery was mothballed in 2003, and in 2009 ExxonMobil announced its permanent closure and demolition. The site is being demolished and cleaned up through 2019. The site has been slated for a housing development. This was announced in November 2024, for completion in late 2020’s. The refinery's most prominent structure, the chimney, was demolished on 31 January 2014. Mobil will face penalties if the site is not remediated by 2019. The land will be sold in phases. Part of the site is now used for the Adelaide Desalination Plant. Four gas turbines were installed by the Government of South Australia in 2017 for the Temporary Generation South power st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seaford Meadows Railway Station
Seaford Meadows railway station is located on the Seaford line in South Australia. Situated in the southern Adelaide suburb of Seaford Meadows, it is 34.7 kilometres from Adelaide station. History Seaford Meadows station opened on 23 February 2014 as part of the extension of the line from Noarlunga Centre to Seaford. It is located in a triangular section of land between Seaford and Dungeys Roads. The rail line between Seaford Road and Griffiths Drive follows a similar alignment to the former Willunga railway line (now the Coast to Vines Rail Trail) and Seaford Meadows station is located approximately 800m from the site of the former Noarlunga railway station, which is marked by a rest point on the trail. The station has two side platforms connected via an overhead walkway. Lifts and stairs enable passengers to move between the walkway and the platforms. A 550 space park & ride A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonsdale Railway Station
Lonsdale railway station is located on the Seaford line. Situated in the southern Adelaide Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to ei ... suburb of Lonsdale, it is 26.7 kilometres from Adelaide station. History Lonsdale station opened in 1976 as a part of the extension of the line from Marino. The station was staffed in the early days of the station but the building part of the platform has since been demolished, and there is no evidence of the building left. The original 1976 shelters remained until 2011. Collision incident On the evening of August 27, 2018, an unoccupied KIA sedan was pushed onto the tracks by two men who had been vandalizing cars at the station. An express train bound for Seaford collided with the car moments later, destroying the car and causing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Stanvac, South Australia
Port Stanvac is a former port and oil refinery in the suburb of Lonsdale south of Adelaide city centre in South Australia. It was operated by ExxonMobil between 1963 and 2003. Since its closure, the port and adjoining land-based refinery site have been decommissioned. Oil refinery It was announced in 1958 that a refinery with a designed capacity of 3.3 million tons per annum and owned by ExxonMobil would be built at Port Stanvac. The refinery first processed crude oil there in 1963. Its closure in 2003 resulted in the loss more than 400 jobs. Decommissioning and remediation of the site is ongoing and is expected to continue until 2019. Once the site has been decommissioned, the land is expected to be sold in phases. Demolition of the refinery was completed in 2014. Port Stanvac jetty The Port Stanvac jetty is 670 metres long, and since the refinery's closure in 2003 remains with an exclusion zone for the purposes of public safety. The structure terminates in waters 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Multiple Unit
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages. An EMU is usually formed of two or more semi-permanently coupled carriages. However, electrically powered single-unit railcars are also generally classed as EMUs. The vast majority of EMUs are passenger trains but versions also exist for carrying mail. EMUs are popular on intercity, commuter, and suburban rail networks around the world due to their fast acceleration and pollution-free operation, and are used on most rapid-transit systems. Being quieter than diesel multiple units (DMUs) and locomotive-hauled trains, EMUs can operate later at night and more frequently without disturbing nearby residents. In addition, tunnel design for EMU trains is simpler as no provision is needed for exhausting fumes, although retrofitting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Digest
''Railway Digest'' is a monthly magazine, published in Sydney, covering contemporary railways in Australia. Overview The magazine is published by the Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS), NSW Division. The first issue was in March 1963, under the name ''New South Wales Digest'', and regular publication commenced with the May 1963 edition. It was renamed in January 1983. In January 1985 it changed size Size in general is the Magnitude (mathematics), magnitude or dimensions of a thing. More specifically, ''geometrical size'' (or ''spatial size'') can refer to three geometrical measures: length, area, or volume. Length can be generalized ... from SRA5 to A4. Originally an enthusiast magazine, mainly focusing on reporting day-to-day workings of the New South Wales Government Railways and its successors, it was produced by volunteers using a hand-operated duplicator at the home of an ARHS member. In May 1993, a paid editor was appointed and the magazine's fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Class Railcar
The 2000 class and 2100 class were diesel multiple units that operated on the Adelaide rail network between 1980 and 2015. They were built by Comeng in Granville, New South Wales in 1979–1980. As of 2024, six railcars have been preserved while the rest have been scrapped. History The 2000 and 2100 class were self-propelled diesel railcars operated by the State Transport Authority and its successors on the Adelaide rail network. The body shell design was based on the Budd SPV-2000, Metroliner and Amfleet cars but the 2000 class railcars have a slightly different curve to the Amfleet. Twelve 2000 powercars and eighteen 2100 class trailer cars were built. The bodyshells were built by Comeng in Granville. Two (2001 and 2101) were completed at Granville while the remainder were railed to Adelaide via Lithgow and Broken Hill to comply with a contractual requirement to maximise local content, the fit out being conducted by Comeng's Aresco subsidiary at Dry Creek. The firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Transport Authority (South Australia)
The State Transport Authority (STA) was the state government-owned agency that controlled public transport in Adelaide, the capital of the Australian state of South Australia, between 1974 and 1994. History The State Transport Authority was established by the ''State Transport Authority Act 1974'', which aimed to provide an integrated, coordinated system of public transport within South Australia. This was to be achieved by assuming direct control of state-operated services (particularly in the Adelaide metropolitan area) and by exercising regulatory control of privately operated services. The STA was dissolved (and the 1974 Act repealed) as a consequence of th''Passenger Transport Act 1994.'' These reforms split the STA into the Passenger Transport Board, which coordinated and funded the public transport system, and TransAdelaide, which actually operated metropolitan buses, trains and trams. The formation of TransAdelaide was a prelude to competitive tendering and the introdu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australian Railways
South Australian Railways (SAR) was the organisation through which the Government of South Australia built and operated railways in South Australia from 1854 until March 1978, when its non-urban railways were incorporated into Australian National Railways Commission, Australian National, and its Railways in Adelaide, Adelaide urban lines were transferred to the State Transport Authority (South Australia), State Transport Authority. The SAR's tracks were built to three rail gauges: broad gauge; narrow gauge; and from the 1980s, when gauge standardisation at last commenced, standard gauge. History Colonial period The first railway in South Australia was laid in 1854 between Goolwa, South Australia, Goolwa and Port Elliot, South Australia, Port Elliot to allow for goods to be transferred between paddle steamers on the Murray River and seagoing vessels. The Goolwa railway station, Goolwa station was built on the Wharf precinct, alongside the River Murray. The next railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
