Adelaide Parklands Terminal

Adelaide Parklands Terminal
Location Richmond Road, Keswick Terminal
Coordinates 34°56′17″S 138°34′52″E / 34.93806°S 138.58111°E / -34.93806; 138.58111Coordinates: 34°56′17″S 138°34′52″E / 34.93806°S 138.58111°E / -34.93806; 138.58111
Owned by Great Southern Rail
Operated by Great Southern Rail
Platforms 3 (1 side, 1 island)
Tracks 3
Construction
Structure type Ground
Parking Yes
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 18 May 1984
Services
Preceding station   Great Southern Rail   Following station
towards East Perth
Indian Pacific
towards Sydney
towards Darwin
The GhanTerminus
towards Melbourne
The OverlandTerminus

Adelaide Parklands Terminal is the only interstate railway station in Adelaide, South Australia. It is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the city centre, adjacent to the suburb of Keswick, and is within the southern part of the West Parklands.

History

The terminal opened on 18 May 1984 as Keswick Terminal (and located near, but not connected to, the similarly named Keswick station). It was developed by Australian National (AN) as a dedicated long-haul passenger rail station, allowing AN to vacate the then State Transport Authority's Adelaide railway station. In 1986, the Geographic Names Board approved the name Keswick Terminal for the station, and it is now officially classified as a suburb in the City of West Torrens on 30 April 1987.[1] The station was included in the sale of Australian National's passenger operations to Great Southern Rail on 1 November 1997.[2]

In June 2008, the station was renamed Adelaide Parklands Terminal.[3] following Stage One of a plan to "improve guest comfort and amenity, traffic and passenger movement, food and retail facilities, image, identity, presentation and sustainability".[4] SA Govt Tourism Minister Jane Lomax-Smith officially opened the terminal on 6 August 2008.[5]

Services

The terminal was built as a dual gauge station being served by the standard gauge Ghan, Indian Pacific and Trans-Australian to the north, and the broad gauge Overland to the south-east. It was also served by regional trains operated by South Australian Railways Bluebird railcars and Commonwealth Railways CB class railcars, and all SA regional trains ceased operation by 1990. The Adelaide to Melbourne line was converted to standard gauge in 1995, and The Overland became a standard-gauge train.

Adelaide is the only city in the world where passengers can catch trains on both north-south and east-west transcontinental routes, The Ghan,[6] (to Alice Springs and Darwin), and the Indian Pacific,[7] (to Sydney and Perth). Passengers can also catch The Overland (to Melbourne).[8] These trains are all operated by Great Southern Rail.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Search results for 'Keswick Terminal, SUB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Local Government Areas' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian government. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Goodbye AN Passenger, Hello Great Southern Railway" Railway Digest December 1997 page 7
  3. ↑ New name for interstate rail terminal ABC News 5 August 2008
  4. ↑ ATOMIQ Design Group Archived 14 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine., Architects of the Adelaide Parklands Interstate Rail Terminal
  5. ↑ Adelaide Parklands Rail Terminal launched, Jane Lomax-Smith
  6. ↑ The Ghan Archived 24 January 2015 at Archive.is, Great Southern Rail
  7. ↑ The Indian Pacific Archived 22 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Great Southern Rail
  8. ↑ The Overland Archived 22 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Great Southern Rail
  9. ↑ Home Great Southern Rail
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