Ethelton railway station, Adelaide

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Ethelton Railways in Adelaide - Commuter Railway Station

Station overview
Train Services
Outer Harbor
Location
Street	Causeway Road Refinery Road
Suburb	Ethelton
Distance from Adelaide	13.1km
Access by	Level Pedestrian Crossing
Frequency
Hi-Frequency Station	unknown
Peak Frequency	unknown
Weekday Frequency	unknown
Weekend Frequency	unknown
Night Frequency	unknown
Facilities
Real Rail Time Display	No
Real Rail Time Speaker	Yes
Number of Platforms	2
Platform Layout	2 Side Platforms
Toilets	No
Car Parking	No
Bike Storage	No
Lounge	No
Kiosk	No
Wheelchair access	Yes
Other facilities	None
History
Opened	Nov 23 1916
Rebuilt	unknown
Closed	unknown
Transfers
Train transfer	None
Bus transfer	156 to Port Adelaide & City
Adjacent Stations
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ARG's broad gauge locos 904 & 704 pass Ethelton with empty limestone hoppers for Dry Creek yard on 6 June 2005. Note the dual gauge track.

Ethelton station is on the suburban rail route between Adelaide and Outer Harbor, 13.1km (8¼ miles) from Adelaide.

Passenger trains are provided by TransAdelaide and operate a 30 minute off-peak frequency on Monday to Fridays. Peak hour services are more frequent, while evening and weekend trains depart hourly.

Ethelton station has been unstaffed since the ticket office closed in 1980. There are minimal facilities provided for passengers, in common with most of the smaller stations on the TransAdelaide network. There is a small interchange for local buses adjacent to the station.

The railway tracks through Ethelton are dual gauge and capable of carrying both broad gauge (1600mm) and standard gauge trains. The dual gauge tracks are used by freight trains from Dry Creek and the Rosewater loop which pass through Ethelton to access industrial facilities on the LeFevre peninsula and the container terminal at Pelican Point. All passenger trains are broad gauge, but freight can be either broad or standard gauge, depending on the origin / destination of the train.

The station at Ethelton was opened in 1916, following construction of the Commercial Road viaduct at Port Adelaide and a new bridge across the Port River. This new line diverted trains from Adelaide to Semaphore and Outer Harbor away from the congested rail yards at Port Dock station and to avoid heavy traffic along St Vincent's Street in the centre of Port Adelaide.