Oaklands railway station

Oaklands
Location Murray Terrace
Oaklands Park
Line(s) Seaford Line
Distance 13 km from Adelaide
Platforms 2
Bus routes

J7 to Flinders University & Westfield West Lakes
241, 242, 244, 248 & 263 to City & Westfield Marion

300 to Arndale Shopping Centre
Construction
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Yes
History
Opened 1913
Rebuilt 10 June 2008
Services
Preceding station   Adelaide Metro   Following station
toward Adelaide
Seaford line
toward Seaford

Oaklands railway station is located on the Seaford railway line in Adelaide, South Australia.[1] It is in the south-western suburb of Oaklands Park, 13 kilometres from Adelaide station.

History

Oaklands station was opened in 1913, the land having been sold to the Government by T. C. Tait on the proviso that it be named after his once-extensive property.[2] Until the early 1950s the Ascot Park and Oaklands stations serviced Marion with a single rail track. In 1953 the line was duplicated as far as Oaklands, and as part of that work a new station was constructed at Marion.[3] The duplication resulted in the station being redeveloped into a single island platform between the two tracks of the rail line.

On 6 June 2008, the island platform and asbestos shelter was closed and demolished. A new station, opened on 10 June 2008, had been constructed immediately to the southwest of the original station's location between Selway Street and Kearnes Road, bringing it significantly closer to Diagonal Road.[4][5] The timetable was also modified so that all trains now stop at the station.[1]

In 2011-2012, the state government undertook a planning study into a grade separation project to eliminate the level crossing south of the station by building an underpass beneath the railway line for Diagonal Road.[6] Works on the project, with a budget of $174 million, is expected to begin in 2018.[7] The contract to design and build the new crossing was awarded on 16 January 2018 to the Public Transport Projects Alliance,[8] a joint venture of McConnell Dowell, Mott MacDonald and Arup Group.[9]

Services by platform

Platform Destination/s
1 Seaford
2 Adelaide

References

  1. 1 2 Seaford & Tonsley timetable Adelaide Metro 20 July 2014
  2. ↑ "Oaklands Raillway-Station". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 9 September 1927. p. 17. Retrieved 29 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ Dolling, Alison (1981). The History of Marion on the Sturt. Peacock Publications, Norwood.
  4. ↑ Oaklands Station Marton Council
  5. ↑ Annual Report Year Ended 30 June 2009 TransAdelaide
  6. ↑ The Planning Study Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure
  7. ↑ Oaklands Crossing on track
  8. ↑ "Work to start on SA $174m train crossing". News.com.au. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Detailed design works for Oaklands Crossing". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018 – via Facebook.com.

Coordinates: 35°00′36″S 138°32′25″E / 35.0099°S 138.5402°E / -35.0099; 138.5402

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