Kilkenny railway station, Adelaide

Kilkenny
Railways in Adelaide - List of railway stations
Train services
Grange Line
Outer Harbor Line
Location
Street	Kilkenny Road
Suburb	Kilkenny
Distance from Adelaide	6 km
Access by	Level pedestrian crossing
Frequency
Hi-Frequency station	No
Peak frequency	Every 10-30 min
Weekday frequency	Every 30 min
Weekend frequency	Every 15-45 min
Night frequency	Every 15-45 min
Facilities
Passenger information display	No
Passenger information speaker	Yes
Number of platforms	2
Platform layout	2 side
Toilets	No
Car parking	No
Bike storage	No
Lounge	No
Kiosk	No
Wheelchair access	Yes
Other facilities	None
History
Opened	unknown
Transfers
Train transfer	Grange Outer Harbor
Bus transfer	150 to Osborne (Port Road) 153 to Port Adelaide (Port Road) 155 to West Lakes (Port Road) 156 to Port Adelaide (Port Road) 157 to Largs Bay (Port Road) 231 to Westfield West Lakes
Adjacent stations
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Kilkenny railway station is located on the Grange and Outer Harbor lines.^[1] Situated in the western Adelaide suburb of West Kilkenny, it is six kilometres from Adelaide station.

The station has Caution More Than One Train lights. This location was the first on the line to have the lights.

History

The railway line from Adelaide to Port Adelaide opened in April 1856, but for the first 25 years, there was no station at Kilkenny. Kilkenny station was built when the single track Port Adelaide railway was duplicated in 1881.

A network of goods sidings was subsequently installed on both sides of the main line to serve various factories which were established in the vicinity.

By the early years of the 20th century, there were two signal cabins at Kilkenny – one at the Adelaide end of the station controlling access to sidings, the other at the Woodville Park end controlling the level crossing across David Terrace. In 1930, three-aspect colour-light signalling was installed on this section of the Port line in an effort to accommodate the close headways necessary with the heavy traffic of that era.

Kilkenny was busy with both passengers and goods by virtue of the industrial activity in the area. However as heavy industries declined in the 1960s and 1970s, so did traffic to and from the station. The goods sidings were closed in September 1977 and were subsequently removed, along with the signal cabin.

Services by platform

References

• Rails Through Swamp and Sand – A History of the Port Adelaide Railway. M. Thompson pub. Port Dock Station Railway Museum (1988) ISBN 0-9595073-6-1

External links

Media related to Kilkenny railway station, Adelaide at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 34°53′10″S 138°32′59″E / 34.8862°S 138.5497°E / -34.8862; 138.5497