West Croydon railway station, Adelaide

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West Croydon Adelaide Metro commuter rail station

Station overview
Train Services
Grange, Outer Harbor
Location
Street	Rosetta Street
Suburb	West Croydon
Distance from Adelaide	5.1km
Access by	Level Pedestrian Crossing
Frequency
Hi-Frequency Station	No
Peak Frequency	Every 10-30 Mins
Weekday Frequency	Every 30 Mins
Weekend Frequency	Every 15-45 Mins
Night Frequency	Every 15-45 Mins
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	unknown
Rebuilt	unknown
Closed	unknown
Transfers
Train transfer	None
Bus transfer	None
Adjacent Stations
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West Croydon railway station is a railway station on both the Grange railway line and Outer Harbor railway line, which is located in the western Adelaide suburb of West Croydon. It is located 5.1 km by railway from the Adelaide Railway Station.

West Croydon came about as a result of a meeting between local residents and the Railways Commissioner in 1914. Initially, the station was to be called York, after a nearby subdivision, but was later changed to West Croydon.

West Croydon is unique in Adelaide in that the platforms go over a road. Rosetta Street, which originally crossed the Port Line on the level, went under the Port Line in a subway in 1910. The platforms were built in 1915 over the subway and the station was opened on 21 December 1915.

In March 1978, the building on the Down platform was destroyed by fire. The ticket office on that platform was immediately closed. The ticket office on the Up platform was closed on 12 December 1980.