Mile End railway station, Adelaide

Mile End
Mile End
General information
Location	James Congdon Drive; Mile End SA 5031; South Australia
Coordinates	34°55′30″S138°34′49″E / 34.9250363°S 138.5801431°E
Owned by	Department for Infrastructure & Transport
Operated by	Adelaide Metro
Line(s)	Belair Flinders Seaford
Distance	2 km from Adelaide
Platforms	4
Tracks	5
Connections	None
Construction
Structure type	Ground (1 island, 2 side
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	16542 (to City) ; 18582 (to Seaford, Flinders, Belair)
Website	Adelaide Metro
History
Opened	1898
Services

Last updated April 13, 2024

Mile End railway station is located on the Belair, Seaford and Flinders lines adjacent to the inner western Adelaide suburb of Mile End in South Australia.^[1]^[2] It is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the Adelaide station. There is easy access from Ellis Park, Adelaide Park Lands, but access from Mile End is limited.

History

The station opened in 1898, and was alternatively known as "Mile End Passenger" station to distinguish it from Mile End Goods station.

In late 2016, the station was ranked as the worst station in the western suburbs based on 5 criteria.^[3] The reasons cited were: "No toilets or other amenities on platform, or nearby. The shelter on platform four is particularly unworthy of its name." The station now mainly services the Belair line trains from the two western platforms and Seaford and Flinders from the East Platforms. Before 2014, when the Goodwood underpass was constructed the station serviced the Belair line trains from the East and Seaford (then Noarlunga) and Flinders (then Tonsley) from the West. This was changed because the Goodwood underpass was constructed allowing Interstate trains to Melbourne and Belair line trains to pass over the Seaford and Flinders line freely without disturbance from Seaford and Flinders Passenger trains.

Controversy

Mile End station has received much criticism throughout the past few years for several reasons. Excepting park access, the station is only accessible from Mile End by a very old and narrow underpass. Furthermore, pedestrian access also features a three-track railway level crossing. The platforms themselves are narrow, too short and feature old waiting shelters which are in bad need of replacement. The station's level crossing is long and narrow and before reaching the platforms passengers occasionally have to wait several minutes for trains to pass. The station also does not feature any on station passenger information other than timetables. There are no toilets. The platforms are too short for a coupled A-City 4000 class train set which run on special event days. The other platform is shortened for Belair line trains which run in 2 car sets.

Services by platform

Platform	Destination/s	Notes
1	Seaford/Flinders	To Belair (Occasionally Used)
2	Adelaide
3	Seaford/Flinders/Belair
4	Adelaide

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References

↑ Belair timetable Archived 23 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Adelaide Metro 12 October 2014
↑ Seaford & Tonsley timetable Adelaide Metro 20 July 2014
↑ "And the worst rail stop in the west goes to …". The Advertiser. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

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[1] Belair timetable Archived 23 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Adelaide Metro 12 October 2014

[2] Seaford & Tonsley timetable Adelaide Metro 20 July 2014

[3] "And the worst rail stop in the west goes to …". The Advertiser. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

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