| Pinera | |
| Style: | Adelaide |
| Address: | Main Road, Belair |
| Owned: | Department for Infrastructure and Transport |
| Operator: | Adelaide Metro |
| Distance: | 20.2 km from Adelaide |
| Platforms: | 1 |
| Structure: | Ground |
| Parking: | No |
| Bicycle: | No |
| Accessible: | Yes |
| Bus Routes: | 196, 196F, 673, 893, 952, 954 |
| Code: | 16557 (to City) 18571 (to Belair) |
| Opened: | 1920s |
Pinera railway station is located on the Belair line in the Adelaide southern foothills suburb of Belair, 20.2 kilometres from Adelaide station.[1]
Pinera was opened in the 1920s as Overway Bridge. The name was derived from the bridge that carries Main Road over a cutting immediately west of the station. The cutting came about when the former No. 5 Tunnel was opened as a result of the duplication of the line between Eden Hills and Belair during the 1920s. The station was renamed Pinera at some point before 1947.[2]
On 31 January 1928, six rail workers were killed and three seriously injured when the No. 5 Tunnel (Former Pinera Tunnel) they were demolishing immediately west of the station, collapsed after heavy rain. [3]
In 1995, the inbound line was converted to standard gauge as part of the One Nation Adelaide-Melbourne line gauge conversion project.