Midlunga railway station explained

Midlunga
Style:Adelaide
Address:Railway Terrace, Osborne
Coordinates:-34.7994°N 138.4991°W
Owned:Department for Infrastructure & Transport
Operator:Adelaide Metro
Distance:18.8 kilometres from Adelaide
Platforms:2 side
Tracks:2
Connections: Bus
Website:Adelaide Metro
Opened:1921
Rebuilt:17 July 1961

Midlunga railway station is a railway station located on the Outer Harbor line, in Adelaide, Australia.[1] Situated in the north-western Adelaide suburb of Osborne, South Australia, it is from Adelaide station.[2] [3]

History

Midlunga railway station was opened in 1921. It was named after a nearby land divide. The name is a portmanteau of midla and nga, two Kaurna words that mean spear thrower and the place of respectively.[4]

The station originally had lower step-down platforms. In 1950 Port Adelaide Council petitioned the Railway Commissioner to build high level earth-filled platforms, but this request was refused.[5] The station appeared in the "Chief Engineer For Railways Map Showing Lines of Railways in South Australia" published in June 1950, and the June 1966 Metropolitan and Country Time and Fare Tables.[6]

Just north of Midlunga station, the line merges into a single track for the final three kilometres to Outer Harbor. The line was reduced to a single track in October 1988.[7] [8]

In 2016, the station was included on a list of worst stations in Adelaide's west, based on 5 criteria.[9]

Services by platform

PlatformLinesDestinationsNotes
1style=background:#Outer Harborall stops services to Outer Harborsome peak hour services terminate at Osborne
2style=background:#Outer Harborall stops services to Adelaide

Transport links

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/855452/OUTHA_and_GRNG_train_ttable_routemap_27-01-19.pdf Outer Harbor & Grange timetable
  2. Book: Mallett, Ashley . The Boys from St Francis: Stories of the remarkable Aboriginal activists, artists and athletes who grew up in one seaside home . 2018-09-13 . Wakefield Press. 978-1-74305-580-9 . en.
  3. Book: Thompson, Malcolm . Rails Through Swamp & Sand: A History of the Port Adelaide Railway . 1988 . Port Dock Station Railway Museum. 978-0-9595073-6-2 . en.
  4. News: 21 June 2017. What's in a Name? Midlunga . 8 . Portside Messenger.
  5. News: Railway Platforms . 15 May 2023 . The Progressive Times . 9 . 1 January 1950 . 1 . 16.
  6. Web site: Drymalik . Chris . Commonwealth, Australian National and South Australian Railways Rollingstock Volume 6 Track Route Information - ComRails Volume 6: Track Route Information . 100 . 19 October 2022.
  7. Outer Harbour Loop Transit Australia June 1988 page 124
  8. Outer Harbor line The Recorder December 1988 page 44
  9. News: And the worst rail stop in the west goes to …. 2016-09-08. The Advertiser. 2023-05-17. en-US.