West Croydon railway station, Adelaide
Preceding station | Adelaide Metro | Following station | ||
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Croydon towards Adelaide | Grange line | Kilkenny towards Grange | ||
Outer Harbor line | Kilkenny towards Outer Harbor | |||
Port Dock line | Kilkenny towards Port Dock |
West Croydon railway station is located on the Grange, Outer Harbor and Port Dock lines.[1][2] Situated in the western Adelaide suburb of West Croydon, it is 5.1 kilometres from Adelaide station.
History
The West Croydon station was developed as a result of a meeting between local residents and the Railway Commissioner in 1914. Initially, the station was to be called York, after a nearby subdivision, but the naming was changed to its current form. In 1910, a subway was built in a grade separation project. The platforms were built over the subway and the station opened on 21 December 1915.
In March 1978, the building on Platform 1 was destroyed by fire, and the ticket office on that platform was immediately closed. The ticket office on Platform 2 closed on 12 December 1980. In 2016, a nearby primary school painted six large signs that were added to the station's south platform as part of a program to decorate stations across Adelaide. Two of the paintings are of Pokémon, while the third displays the continent of Australia.
Services by platform
Platform | Lines | Destinations | Notes |
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1 | Grange | all stops services to Grange | |
Outer Harbor | limited stops services to Outer Harbor | ||
Port Dock | all stops services to Port Dock | ||
2 | Grange | all stops services to Adelaide | |
Outer Harbor | limited stops services to Adelaide | ||
Port Dock | all stops services to Adelaide |
References
External links
Media related to West Croydon railway station, Adelaide at Wikimedia Commons
34°53′30″S 138°33′25″E / 34.8917°S 138.5569°E / -34.8917; 138.5569
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- Stations and services in italics are planned or under construction
- Stations in (parentheses) are uncommon stops for the listed service