Dry Creek railway station
Dry Creek railway station is located on the Gawler line.[1] Situated in the inner northern Adelaide suburb of Dry Creek, it is 10.6 kilometres (6.6 mi) from Adelaide station.
Dry Creek | |||||||||||
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 Dry Creek station in 2008, before the depot's construction | |||||||||||
| Location | Railway Terrace Dry Creek | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°50′06″S 138°35′08″E | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Gawler Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 10.6 km from Adelaide | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 island,1 side) | ||||||||||
| Bus routes | None | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1856 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1982 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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History
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First opened in 1856, the station was rebuilt in 1982 and a bogie exchange facility opened when the Adelaide-Crystal Brook line was converted to standard gauge. The exchange closed on 14 October 1996, having been made redundant by the conversion of the Adelaide to Wolseley line to standard gauge.[2]
To the west of the station lies the Australian Rail Track Corporation standard gauge line to Crystal Brook. Dry Creek is also where the Dry Creek to Port Adelaide railway line branches off via a triangle junction allowing trains from the north and south to head towards the branch line. Also to the west of the station is a major freight terminal and marshalling yard.
The passenger service of the Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway line, with stations at Wingfield, North Arm Road, Eastern Parade, Grand Junction Road, and Rosewater, was closed on 27–29 May 1987 (with Port Dock having closed in September 1981). Similarly, the former Northfield railway line headed east from Dry Creek to the Cavan, Pooraka, Northfield, and Stockade stations. Stockade was closed in 1961, and the rest were closed on 29 May 1987.[3]
On 6 February 2011, a new Adelaide Metro railcar depot opened to the east of Dry Creek station to replace the facility outside of Adelaide station.[4] The depot is the major maintenance and re-fuelling facility for the 2000 and 3000 class diesel fleets, with capacity to store 70 railcars with over 11 kilometres of track. The depot has been designed to allow future conversion to support electric rollingstock.
Services by platform
| Platform | Destination | Notes |
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| 1 | Gawler/Gawler Central/Adelaide | Occasionally Used |
| 2 | Gawler/Gawler Central | |
| 3 | Adelaide | |
References
- Gawler Central timetable Archived 10 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Adelaide Metro 4 February 2013
- "Dry Creek Bogie Exchange Closes" Railway Digest February 1997 page 27
- "A Brief History of the Dry Creek to Stockade Railway". Catch Point. May 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- Railcar Depot Relocation Archived 13 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure
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