Noarlunga Centre railway station

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Noarlunga Centre
Railway station and bus interchange
Noarlunga Centre Interchange 1.jpg
General information
LocationBurgess Drive, Noarlunga Centre
Coordinates 35°08′24″S138°29′33″E / 35.1399°S 138.4925°E / -35.1399; 138.4925
Owned by Department for Infrastructure & Transport
Operated by Adelaide Metro
Line(s) Seaford
Distance30.2 km from Adelaide
Platforms3
Tracks2
Bus routes721, 721F, 721X, 722, 722F, 722X, 723F, 733, 733G, 734, 741, 741A, 743, 744, 745, 745A, 745C, 747, 747A, 747B, 750A, 750B, 750C, 751, 751A, 751H, 751R, 751W, 756, 770, 774, 777, 778, 782, T721, T721X
Construction
Structure typeBelow ground
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
History
Opened2 April 1978
Rebuilt2004
Services
Preceding station Adelaide Metro Following station
Christie Downs
towards Adelaide
Seaford line Seaford Meadows
towards Seaford

Noarlunga Centre railway station is a railway station on the Seaford line, [1] and for almost 36 years (April 2, 1978 - February 23, 2014) it was the terminus of the line. Situated in the southern Adelaide suburb of Noarlunga Centre, it is 30.2 kilometres from Adelaide station. The station has a bus interchange directly alongside and is adjacent to a large commuter park & ride facility.

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History

Prior to the railway line being extended in the mid-1970s, most local trains from Adelaide terminated at either Marino or Hallett Cove, a station on the closed line to Willunga. Noarlunga Centre opened on 2 April 1978 as the terminus of the line when it was extended from Christie Downs. It was built as an island platform between the two rail tracks and the ticket office on the bridge above. Passengers accessed the platforms via escalators or a ramp and typically had a long walk between trains and buses.

In 1996, a third platform face was added alongside the western track, and the ticket office relocated onto the platform level. [2] The project was completed in March 2004 and until the Seaford rail extension most trains used this western track, giving passengers safer and more direct access to connecting buses. Prior to the Seaford rail extension, Platform 1 had been mostly disused. There are no storage facilities for trains at Noarlunga Centre. However a number of the extra railcars needed for peak-hour services on the line are stabled overnight in secure sidings at Port Stanvac, around four kilometres north, just beyond Lonsdale station.

Since the 1990s, there has been significant residential development at Seaford and Aldinga, south of Noarlunga Centre with several proposals to extend the rail line southwards from Noarlunga Interchange to serve the Seaford district. A corridor of land had been reserved. In 2009, construction of the extension to Seaford commenced, [3] [4] [5] [6] and was opened on 23 February 2014. [7] [8] Ticket gates have been installed for the station to combat against fare evasion, similar to those at Adelaide railway station and Salisbury. [9] [10]

Services by platform

PlatformDestination/s
1Seaford
2Adelaide
3Adelaide

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References

  1. ↑ Seaford & Tonsley timetable Archived 23 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Adelaide Metro 20 July 2014
  2. ↑ "Noarlunga Centre Reconstruction" Railway Digest March 1996 page 17
  3. ↑ Seaford rail extension moves forward as planning contracts awarded Archived 30 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Anthony Albanese 12 August 2009
  4. ↑ Work starts on Seaford rail extension Archived 30 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Projectlink 4 September 2009
  5. ↑ Seaford Rail Extension Project Archived 30 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Adcor Constructions
  6. ↑ Seaford Rail Extension Archived 23 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Thiess
  7. ↑ Seaford Rail Extension opened 23 February 2014 Archived 13 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine Department for Planning, Transport & Infrastructure
  8. ↑ Electrifying opening for the new Seaford line Archived 15 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine ABC Adelaide 23 February 2014
  9. ↑ "Adelaide train stations could see ticket turnstiles installed to tackle fare evasion - abc.net.au". ABC News. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Noarlunga Centre railway station". Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.

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