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Albert Park
Albert Park
	Albert Park station in 2017
General information
Location	West Lakes Boulevard, Albert Park
Coordinates	34°52′56″S 138°31′22″E / 34.8822°S 138.5227°E
Owned by	Department for Infrastructure & Transport
Operated by	Adelaide Metro
Line(s)	Grange
Distance	9.1 km from Adelaide
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Bus routes	J7, J7M, 155,157
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground, side platform
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	16491 (to City) ; 18454 (to Grange)
Website	Adelaide Metro
History
Opened	1882
Rebuilt	2017
Services

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Albert Park railway station is located on the Grange line.^[1] Situated in the western Adelaide suburb of Albert Park, it is 9.1 kilometres from Adelaide station.

History

The railway line between Woodville and Grange opened in September 1882. It was a private railway, constructed by the Grange Railway and Investment Company, and Albert Park at this time was a simple request stop on the line. For most of its lifetime, Albert Park has been a single platform station on a single track branch line. Modifications to the track layout at Woodville station in 1909 enabled trains from the Grange branch to travel beyond Woodville into Adelaide.

In November 1940, a station at Hendon opened; the tracks diverged from the Grange line at Albert Park. It closed in 1980.^[2] In connection with this, Albert Park was rebuilt as a junction station with a crossing loop, an island platform, ticket office and signal cabin.

The ticket office and signal cabin at Albert Park were closed on 15 November 1981 and the crossing loop was taken out of service. The mechanically operated lower quadrant semaphore signals at Albert Park were the last such installation on the State Transport Authority suburban passenger system (although other lower-quadrant signals on Australian National track at Gillman Yard, Port Adelaide survived until the early 1990s). The layout at Albert Park was rationalised, resulting in the simple layout and basic facilities provided today. The station was rebuilt in early 2017 while the entire railway line was closed to allow for a railway bridge to be constructed over South Road.

Services by platform

Platform	Lines	Destinations
1	Grange	All stops services to Grange & Adelaide

References

^ Outer Harbor & Grange timetable Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Adelaide Metro 23 February 2014
^ Rails Through Swamp and Sand – A History of the Port Adelaide Railway. M. Thompson pub. Port Dock Station Railway Museum (1988) ISBN 0-9595073-6-1.

External links

Media related to Albert Park railway station, Adelaide at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Outer Harbor & Grange timetable Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Adelaide Metro 23 February 2014

[2] Rails Through Swamp and Sand – A History of the Port Adelaide Railway. M. Thompson pub. Port Dock Station Railway Museum (1988) ISBN 0-9595073-6-1.

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+{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
-{{TransAdelaide
+{{more footnotes needed|date=December 2016}}
- | colour=#a100ff
+{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
- | station_name=Albert Park
+{{Infobox station
- | image=AlbertParkSA.jpg
+| name                = Albert Park
- | line=[[Grange railway line, Adelaide|Grange]]
+| style               = Adelaide
- | street=West Lakes Boulevard<br />Alma Terrace
+| image               = AlbertParkStationAdelaide.jpg
- | suburb=[[Albert Park, South Australia|Albert Park]], [[Woodville West, South Australia|Woodville West]]
+| caption             = Albert Park station in 2017
- | distance=9.1
+| address             = West Lakes Boulevard, [[Albert Park, South Australia|Albert Park]]
- | access=Level Pedestrian Crossing
+| coordinates         = {{coord|-34.8822|138.5227|format=dms|display=inline, title|region:AU-SA_type:railwaystation}}
- | HFS=No
+| owned               = [[Department for Infrastructure & Transport]]
- | peakfreq=Every 20-30 Mins
+| operator            = [[Adelaide Metro]]
- | wdfreq=Every 30 Mins
+| line                = {{Rail color box|system=Adelaide|line=Grange|inline=croute|type=|note=}}
- | wefreq=Every 60 Mins
+| distance            = 9.1&nbsp;km from [[Adelaide railway station|Adelaide]]
- | nightfreq=Every 60 Mins
+| platforms           = 1
- | rrtd=No
+| tracks              = 1
- | rrts=Yes
+| structure           = Ground, [[side platform]]
- | platforms=1
+| parking             = Yes
- | platform_arch=Side Platform
+| bicycle             = No
- | toilets=No
+| accessible            = Yes
- | parking=Yes
+| connections        = {{ric|Adelaide|Bus}} Bus
- | bike=No
+| bus_routes          = J7, J7M, 155,157
- | lounge=No
+| code                = 16491 (to City) <br> 18454 (to Grange)
- | kiosk=No
+| zone                =
- | disability=No
+| website             = {{url| https://adelaidemetro.com.au/routes/GRNG|Adelaide Metro}}
- | facilities=None
+| opened              = 1882
- | trainconnect=None
+| closed              =
- | busconnect=J7 to [[Westfield West Lakes|West Lakes]] & [[Flinders University|Flinders Uni]]<br />155 to [[Westfield West Lakes|West Lakes]]<br />156 to [[Port Adelaide, South Australia|Port Adelaide]]<br />157 to [[Largs Bay, South Australia|Largs Bay]]<br />374 to [[Westfield West Lakes|West Lakes]] & [[Kidman Park, South Australia|Kidman Park]]
+| rebuilt             = 2017
- | next=[[Seaton Park railway station, Adelaide|Seaton Park]]
+| services            = {{Adjacent stations
- | previous=[[Woodville railway station, Adelaide|Woodville]]
+|system=Adelaide
+|line1=Grange|left1=Woodville|right1=Seaton Park}}
 }}
-'''Albert Park railway station''' is located in Adelaide’s north-western suburbs on the single-track branch line between [[Woodville railway station, Adelaide|Woodville]] and [[Grange railway station, Adelaide|Grange]].  The station is 9.1km (5¾ miles) from Adelaide and serves the adjacent suburbs of [[Albert Park, South Australia|Albert Park]] and [[Woodville West, South Australia|Woodville West]].
+'''Albert Park railway station''' is located on the [[Grange railway line|Grange line]].<ref>[https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/var/metro/storage/original/application/684c3f76dfe11ad139bbae9fa45d8cc5.pdf Outer Harbor & Grange timetable] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025547/https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/var/metro/storage/original/application/684c3f76dfe11ad139bbae9fa45d8cc5.pdf |date=4 March 2016 }} Adelaide Metro 23 February 2014</ref> Situated in the western [[Adelaide]] suburb of [[Albert Park, South Australia|Albert Park]], it is 9.1 kilometres from [[Adelaide railway station|Adelaide station]].
-All train services are operated by [[TransAdelaide]] diesel [[railcars]].  Trains to Adelaide operate every 30 mins during Monday – Friday off-peak times.  There is a more frequent service during peak hours and one train per hour in the evenings and at weekends.  There are no freight services along the [[Grange railway line, Adelaide|Grange line]].
 ==History==
-The railway line between [[Woodville railway station, Adelaide|Woodville]] and [[Grange railway station, Adelaide|Grange]] opened in September 1882.  This was a private railway, constructed by the ''Grange Railway and Investment Company''.  The early railway was not a financial success and was bought out by the government-owned South Australian Railways in 1893.  Albert Park at this time was a simple [[request stop]] on the line.
+The railway line between [[Woodville railway station, Adelaide|Woodville]] and [[Grange railway station|Grange]] opened in September 1882. It was a [[private railway]], constructed by the Grange Railway and Investment Company, and Albert Park at this time was a simple [[request stop]] on the line. For most of its lifetime, Albert Park has been a single platform station on a single track branch line. Modifications to the track layout at [[Woodville railway station, Adelaide|Woodville station]] in 1909 enabled trains from the Grange branch to travel beyond Woodville into [[Adelaide railway station|Adelaide]].
+In November 1940, a [[Hendon railway station, Adelaide|station]] at [[Hendon, South Australia|Hendon]] opened; the tracks diverged from the Grange line at Albert Park. It closed in 1980.<ref>''Rails Through Swamp and Sand – A History of the Port Adelaide Railway''. M. Thompson pub. Port Dock Station Railway Museum (1988) {{ISBN|0-9595073-6-1}}.</ref> In connection with this, Albert Park was rebuilt as a [[junction station]] with a [[crossing loop]], an [[island platform]], ticket office and [[signal cabin]].
-Modifications to the track layout at [[Woodville railway station, Adelaide|Woodville station]] in 1909 enabled trains from the Grange branch to travel beyond Woodville into [[Adelaide Railway Station|Adelaide]].
+The ticket office and signal cabin at Albert Park were closed on 15 November 1981 and the crossing loop was taken out of service. The mechanically operated lower quadrant [[Railway semaphore signal|semaphore signal]]s at Albert Park were the last such installation on the [[State Transport Authority (South Australia)|State Transport Authority]] suburban passenger system (although other lower-quadrant signals on [[Australian National Railways Commission|Australian National]] track at Gillman Yard, [[Port Adelaide]] survived until the early 1990s). The layout at Albert Park was rationalised, resulting in the simple layout and basic facilities provided today. The station was rebuilt in early 2017 while the entire railway line was closed to allow for a railway bridge to be constructed over [[South Road]].
-For most of its lifetime, Albert Park has been an unattended single-platform station on a single track branch line.   However from the [[World War II|Second World War]] until the early 1980’s, facilities were expanded and Albert Park station had a more important role.
+==Services by platform==
-In November 1940 a short branch line was opened diverging from the Grange line at Albert Park and running 1.1km (¾ mile) to the Hendon munitions works.  In connection with this, Albert Park was rebuilt as a junction station with a crossing loop, an island platform, ticket office and signal cabin.  Trains to and from the [[Hendon railway line, Adelaide|Hendon line]] invariably ran through to [[Woodville railway station, Adelaide|Woodville]] or [[Adelaide Railway Station|Adelaide]], and after the end of [[World War II]] the Hendon trains only operated at industrial shift-change times.
+{|class="wikitable" style="float: none; margin: 0.5em; "
+|-
-In spite of low passenger numbers the [[Hendon railway line, Adelaide|Hendon branch]] continued operation until 1 February 1980, after which the line was closed and removed.  The ticket office and signal cabin at Albert Park were closed on 15 November 1981 and the crossing loop was taken out of service.  The mechanically-operated lower quadrant [[Railway signal|semaphore signals]] at Albert Park were the last such installation on the [[State Transport Authority (South Australia)|STA]] suburban passenger system (although other lower-quadrant signals on [[Australian National Railways|AN]] track at Gillman Yard, [[Port Adelaide]] survived until the early 1990’s).
+!Platform
+!Lines
-The layout at Albert Park was rationalised, resulting in the simple layout and basic facilities provided today.  The trackbed of the Hendon branch now forms part of West Lakes Boulevard, a main approach road to [[AAMI Stadium]], the main [[Australian rules football|AFL football]] venue in South Australia.
+!Destinations
+|-
+|rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|1
+|style=background:#{{rcr|Adelaide|Grange}}|[[Grange railway line|<span style="color:white;">Grange</span>]]
+|All stops services to [[Grange railway station|Grange]] & [[Adelaide railway station|Adelaide]]
+|-
+|}
 ==References==
+{{Reflist|30em}}
-* ''Rails Through Swamp and Sand – A History of the Port Adelaide Railway''.  M. Thompson  pub. Port Dock Station Railway Museum (1988)  ISBN 0-9595073-6-1
-==See also==
-*[[List of closed Adelaide railway stations]]
 ==External links==
+* {{commons category-inline|Albert Park railway station, Adelaide}}
-*[http://www.opt.dtup.sa.gov.au/ Office of Public Transport]
-*[http://www.transadelaide.com.au/ TransAdelaide]
-*[http://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/ Adelaide Metro]
-{{Grange railway line, Adelaide}}
+{{Adelaide Metro railway stations|Grange=y|state=collapsed}}
 [[Category:Railway stations in Adelaide]]
+[[Category:Railway stations in Australia opened in 1882]]