Goodwood railway station, Adelaide
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Goodwood
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| Location | |
| Street | Lyons Street |
| Suburb | Goodwood, Forestville |
| Distance from Adelaide | 5km |
| Access by | Underground Pedestrian Tunnel |
| Frequency | |
Hi-Frequency Station  |
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| Peak Frequency | Every 10-15 Mins |
| Weekday Frequency | Every 10-30 Mins |
| Weekend Frequency | Every 60 Mins |
| Night Frequency | Every 60 Mins |
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| Real Rail Time Display | Yes |
| Real Rail Time Speaker | Yes |
| Number of Platforms | 2 |
| Platform Layout | 2 Centre Platforms |
| Toilets | No |
| Car Parking | Yes |
| Bike Storage | No |
| Lounge | No |
| Kiosk | No |
Wheelchair access  |
Yes |
| Other facilities | None |
| History | |
| Opened | 1883 |
| Rebuilt | unknown |
| Closed | unknown |
| Transfers | |
| Train transfer | Belair, Noarlunga, Tonsley, Glenelg Tram |
| Bus transfer | None |
| Adjacent Stations | |
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Next » (Belair) Unley Park (Noarlunga) Clarence Park (Tonsley) Clarence Park |
Goodwood railway station is the last common railway station of the Noarlunga, Tonsley and Belair lines when travelling away from Adelaide. The Belair line diverges southeast towards Millswood (closed) and Unley Park Stations, while the Noarlunga and Tonsley lines diverge southwest towards Clarence Park. The Glenelg tram line crosses over the railway lines immediately south of Goodwood station.
The station is located on the border of the Adelaide inner-southern suburbs of Goodwood and Forestville, 5.0 km by rail from Adelaide Railway Station.
The station opened on 5 March 1883[1] with the opening of the Adelaide to Aldgate section of the Adelaide-Melbourne railway line.
Goodwood station has platforms for all tracks of the three southern metropolitan broad gauge lines, but is bypassed by the standard gauge line to Melbourne which follows the alignment of the Belair line, after crossing the Noarlunga Lines immediately south of Goodwood Railway Sation. Beyond Goodwood, the standard gauge track is where the western of the dual broad gauge tracks from Belair to Goodwood used to be; in 1995 the western track of the Belair line was converted to standard gauge, and the Belair line is now only a single track of each gauge.
Prior to One Nation standardisation project in 1995, all four tracks were broad gauge. The Belair trains typically used Platform 1 for Down Services, and Platform 2 for Up Services, whilst Noarlunga and Tonsley lines used Platform 3 for Down Services, and Platform 4 for Up Services. The yard immediatley south allow trains to transfer from any platform to any line. The most common use of this feature was when Inter/Intrastate Freight and Passenger Trains would use the Noarlunga Lines to Goodwood from Keswick Rail Yards, then change to the Belair Line through Goodwood Yard.
Goodwood station is the main railway station servicing the Royal Adelaide Show, however in recent years during Show Week, TransAdelaide have reduced the entire Belair Line to single-track, and used the second track from Goodwood to Adelaide for a devoted service from Adelaide to a temporary platform at the Show Grounds.
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[edit] References
- ^ National Railway Museum Records downloaded from http://www.natrailmuseum.org.au
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