Keswick railway station, Adelaide explained

Keswick
Address:Anzac Highway
Borough:Keswick
Owned:Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure
Line:Adelaide-Wolseley
Distance:3.8 km from Adelaide
Platforms:4
Connections:Adelaide Parklands Terminal
Opened:6 April 1913
Closed:2013

Keswick railway station was a station on the Adelaide-Wolseley line and served by Adelaide Metro Belair, Noarlunga and Tonsley line services. It was located in the inner western Adelaide suburb of Keswick, 3.8 kilometres from Adelaide station.

History

Keswick station was opened on 6 April 1913.[1] Within months of opening, a station master was appointed to manage bulk goods business, including firewood and sand bricks.[2] A ticket office was added in 1927.[3] The station lay adjacent to Adelaide Parklands Terminal.

The station was closed and demolished in March 2013 during the closure of the Noarlunga and Tonsley lines, in preparation for the electrification of those lines.[4] At the time of its closure, it was the only station on the Adelaide suburban system without wheelchair access, the steep terrain and sparse patronage being prohibitive. A new Adelaide Showground station south of the Keswick Bridge opened on 17 February 2014, replacing Keswick as well as the annual temporary Showground Central station.[5] [6]

Services by platform

PlatformDestination/sNotes
1Noarlunga Centre / Tonsley
2Adelaide
3Noarlunga Centre / Tonsley / Belair
4Adelaide

External links

-34.9414°N 138.5828°W

Notes and References

  1. News: Keswick Railway Station. 2 June 2015. The Register. 7 April 1913.
  2. News: Keswick Station. 2 June 2015. The Register. 26 June 1913.
  3. News: Keswick Railway Station. 2 June 2015. The Advertiser. 20 April 1927.
  4. New station to replace Keswick on suburban network Railway Digest May 2013 page 20
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20140319053654/http://dpti.sa.gov.au/newconnections/article?item=249 New Wayville Station to create Showgrounds gateway
  6. http://dpti.sa.gov.au/infrastructure/RR/rail_revitalisation/wayville_station Adelaide Showground Station opened on 17 February 2014