Flinders station with a 4000 class EMU in the background
Overview
Locale
Adelaide, South Australia
Termini
Adelaide
Flinders
Stations
11
Service
Type
Commuter rail
Operator(s)
Adelaide Metro
Rolling stock
4000 class
History
Opened
1966
Re-sleepered (concrete)
February 2012–13
Electrified
February–September 2013
Technical
Line length
13 km (8.1 mi)
Number of tracks
2 (to Mitchell Park)
1 (to Flinders)
Track gauge
1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Electrification
25 kV 50 Hz AC from overhead catenary
Route map
Legend
km
0
Adelaide
Gawler, Grange & Outer Harbor lines
to Port Augusta
Adelaide Depot
closed 2011
Port Road
Glover Avenue
Holdfast Bay line
2.0
Mile End
Sir Donald Bradman Drive
2.9
Mile End Goods
closed 1994
Adelaide Parklands Terminal
Keswick
closed 2013
Anzac Highway (Keswick Bridge)
4.0
Adelaide Showground
Showground Central
2003–2013
Leader Street
5.0
Goodwood
Glenelg tram line (Goodwood Overpass)
Victoria Street
Belair line
to Bordertown & Melbourne
East Avenue
6.3
Clarence Park
7.1
Emerson
Cross Road (level crossing)
South Road (overpass)
7.9
Edwardstown
De Laine Avenue
Angus Avenue
Raglan Avenue
9.1
Woodlands Park
Dunorlan Road
Seaford line
Daws Road
Celtic Avenue
11.5
Mitchell Park
12.1
Clovelly Park
closed 2020
Alawoona Avenue
12.2
Tonsley
13.0
Tonsley (original site)
1966–2019
Sturt Road
Flinders Drive
Laffer Drive
Southern Expressway
13.6
Flinders
km
broad gauge
standard gauge
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