Goodwood railway station
Goodwood | |||||||||||||||||||
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Operated by | Adelaide Metro | ||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Belair Flinders Seaford | ||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 5 km from Adelaide | ||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 4 (2 island platforms) 1 platform disused | ||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Connections | None | ||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | No | ||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | 16522 (to City) 18580 (to Seaford, Flinders, Belair) | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | Adelaide Metro | ||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 5 March 1883 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Goodwood railway station is the junction station for the
History
Goodwood railway station opened on 5 March 1883 with the opening of the
Pre-1955, the Belair trains typically used Platform 1 for outbound services, and Platform 2 for inbound services, whilst the Willunga trains used Platform 3 for outbound services, and Platform 4 for inbound services. The yard immediately south allowed trains to transfer from any platform to any line. The most common use of this feature was when Inter/Intrastate freight and passenger trains would use the Willunga tracks to Goodwood from Keswick Rail Yards, then change to the Belair tracks through Goodwood Yard.
Prior to the One Nation gauge standardisation project in 1995, all four tracks at Goodwood were broad gauge, and the Belair line was dual broad gauge tracks. In 1995, the western track of the Belair line was converted to standard gauge, and the Belair line is now only a single track of each gauge.[clarification needed]
Goodwood station was the main railway station servicing the
Renewal
In 2013-14 tracks through the station were electrified along with the rest of the Seaford line. Platform 3 which is serviced by Belair trains is only electrified up to the South end of the platform which is where the overhead wires are pulled across to a pole. There is a sign there that states 'EMU do not proceed past this point.' Platform 3 is serviced by 3000/3100 class DEMU railcars.
The Goodwood Junction Upgrade separated the existing freight and
Services by platform
Goodwood station has three platforms serving the three
Despite the tram line crossing directly over the station, there is no interchange with the tram here. The nearest tram stops are Stop 4 Forestville and Stop 3 Goodwood Rd.
Platform | Destination/s |
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1 | Seaford/Flinders |
2 | Adelaide |
3 | Adelaide/Belair |
References
- ^ Belair timetable Archived 23 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Adelaide Metro 12 October 2014
- ^ Seaford & Tonsley timetable Adelaide Metro 20 July 2014
- The Register News-Pictorial. Vol. XCIV, no. 27, 379. South Australia. 16 May 1929. p. 31. Retrieved 2 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Getting There Adelaide Show
- ^ Goodwood Junction upgrade Archived 13 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure
- ^ Goodwood Junction Rail Grade Separation Archived 22 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine York Civil
- ^ Jervis-Bardy, Dan (16 May 2016). "$10m bridge to take cyclists safely over top of Goodwood train station". Eastern Courier Messenger.
External links
- Media related to Goodwood railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Goodwood Station Upgrade gallery
- Flickr gallery