Keswick Rail Terminal, Adelaide

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The Keswick Rail Terminal ( 34°56′15″S, 138°34′52″E) is the interstate railway station in Adelaide, South Australia. It is immediately west of the southern part of the West Parklands. It is adjacent to and accessible by overpass from Keswick railway station, in the suburban railway network.

The area is officially classified as a suburb, in the City of West Torrens, and as such is referred to as Keswick Terminal.^[1] Its postcode is 5035.

The terminal was built in 1984 as a dedicated long-haul station when Adelaide Railway Station was redeveloped for suburban trains. Adelaide Station is a terminus station, so any through trains must reverse. This is much easier for suburban railcars than for locomotive-hauled long-distance trains.

Since 1990 there have been no regional passenger services in South Australia, so the terminal serves only the The Overland to Melbourne, The Ghan to Alice Springs and Darwin, and the Indian Pacific to both Sydney and Perth, all standard gauge.

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Keswick railway station, Adelaide

Preceding station		Great Southern Railway		Following station
Port Pirie towards East Perth	Indian Pacific			Gladstone towards Sydney
Port Pirie towards Darwin	The Ghan			Terminus
Terminus	The Overland			Murray Bridge towards Melbourne

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