Tonsley railway station

Tonsley
General information
LocationAlawoona Avenue, Tonsley
Coordinates35°00′33″S 138°34′02″E / 35.00922°S 138.56729°E / -35.00922; 138.56729
Owned byDepartment for Infrastructure & Transport
Operated byAdelaide Metro
Line(s)Flinders
Distance12.2 km from Adelaide
Platforms1
Tracks1
ConnectionsBuses in Adelaide Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code16503 (to City)
18589 (to Flinders)
WebsiteAdelaide Metro
History
Opened1 July 1966
Closed28 June 2019
Rebuilt29 December 2020
Services
Preceding station Adelaide Metro Following station
Mitchell Park
towards Adelaide
 Flinders line Flinders
Terminus

Tonsley railway station is located on the Flinders line in the south-western Adelaide suburb of Tonsley, 12.2 kilometres from Adelaide station. The original station was 13 kilometres from Adelaide and was the terminus of the line from its opening in 1966 until the station's closure in 2019; the station was then relocated to its current position and opened in 2020.

History

Original station (1966–2019)

The original station opened on 1 July 1966 when the Tonsley line opened.[1][2][3] Trains operated between 07:00 and 19:00 on weekdays, with no weekend services.[4]

To allow for extension of the railway to Flinders, Tonsley station closed on 28 June 2019 and was later demolished.[5][6] The site of the former station is now occupied by the start of a viaduct that continues the railway over Sturt Road and Main South Road to terminate at Flinders station, adjacent to the Flinders Medical Centre.[7] It was built concurrently with the associated Darlington Upgrade Project.[8][9][10]

The replacement of Tonsley station with Flinders station was contested by local residents, who submitted a petition to keep Tonsley station.[5] The Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure published a revised plan which would see a new Tonsley station built concurrently with the Flinders extension; located immediately south of Alawoona Avenue before the elevated section of track, the new Tonsley station replaces Clovelly Park station in serving the Tonsley Development Precinct and associated housing development.[11] The new Tonsley railway station opened on 29 December 2020.[12]

Platforms and services

Flinders has one side platform and is serviced by Adelaide Metro. Trains are scheduled every 30 minutes, with additional services in the morning and evening peak on weekdays.

Platform Destination/s
1 Flinders/Adelaide

References

  1. ^ Early Starts on SAR Industrial Spur and Standard Gauge Lime-Sand Line Railway Transportation September 1964 page 7
  2. ^ New SAR Suburban Branch Opened Railway Transportation July 1966 page 5
  3. ^ Focus Railway Gazette 5 August 1966 page 591
  4. ^ Seaford & Tonsley timetable Adelaide Metro 20 July 2014
  5. ^ a b Keam, Patrick. (13 December 2017). "Fight to block station closure", CoastCity Weekly, p14.
  6. ^ "Tonsley station closing". Adelaide Metro. Government of South Australia. 6 June 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Flinders Link Project". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Darlington Upgrade Project". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Green light for $85.5m Flinders Link rail extension". Premier of South Australia. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  10. ^ Etheridge, Michelle. (7 June 2017). "Uni’s village people", CoastCity Weekly, p1.
  11. ^ Etheridge, Michelle. (28 February 2018). "New station on track", CoastCity Weekly, p5.
  12. ^ "New Flinders Railway Line". Adelaide Metro. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.

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