Oaklands railway station

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Oaklands
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North-east bound view from Platform 2, showing the eastern side footbridge, May 2019
General information
LocationMurray Terrace, Oaklands Park
Owned by Department for Infrastructure & Transport
Operated by Adelaide Metro
Line(s) Seaford
Distance13 km from Adelaide
Platforms2
Tracks2
Bus routesJ7, J7M, J8, 241, 248, 248F, 263, 300, 300G, 300H, 300J, 300M, 300U, 966, 980, 981, 982, 991
Other information
Station code 16550
History
Opened1913
Rebuilt10 June 2008 (at-grade)
6 May 2019 (grade separated)
Services
Preceding station Adelaide Metro Following station
Marion
towards Adelaide
Seaford line Warradale
towards Seaford

Oaklands railway station is located on the Seaford railway line in Adelaide, South Australia. [1] It is in the south-western suburb of Oaklands Park, 13 kilometres from Adelaide station.

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History

At-grade station open 2008-2019 OaklandsRailwayStationAdelaide.jpg
At-grade station open 2008–2019

Oaklands station was opened in 1913, the land having been sold to the State Government by T. C. Tait on the proviso that it be named after his once-extensive property. [2] Until the early 1950s the Ascot Park and Oaklands stations serviced Marion with a single rail track. In 1953, the line was duplicated as far as Oaklands, and as part of that work a new station was constructed at Marion. [3] The duplication resulted in the station being redeveloped into a single island platform between the two tracks of the rail line.

On 6 June 2008, the island platform and asbestos shelter was closed and demolished. A new temporary station, opened on 10 June 2008, had been constructed immediately to the southwest of the original station's location between Selway Street and Kearnes Road, bringing it significantly closer to Diagonal Road. [4] [5] The timetable was also modified so that all trains now stop at the station. [1]

Grade separation

In 2011-2012, the state government undertook a planning study into a grade separation project to eliminate the level crossing south of the station by building an underpass beneath the railway line for Diagonal Road. [6] No funding was provided at that time. Work began in 2018 to lower the railway line under the road instead. [7] The contract to design and build the new crossing was awarded on 16 January 2018 to the Public Transport Projects Alliance, [8] a joint venture of McConnell Dowell, Mott MacDonald and Arup Group. [9] During construction in late 2018, the government proposed a renaming of the station to Marion Centre to better reflect its location near the Westfield Marion Shopping Centre, Marion Cultural Centre and the State Aquatic Centre. [10] [11] However, the proposed renaming did not materialise.

The Temporary Oaklands station was permanently closed on 13 April 2019 and demolished as works commenced to realign the tracks to the newly-constructed underpass; the Seaford Line was also temporarily closed between Brighton and Adelaide to allow the electric catenary for the trains to be shut off for the final works. The new grade separated station features ramps and stairs down to platform level and has public toilet facilities at street level. [12] The line was reopened on 6 May 2019 and trains commenced servicing the new station the same day. [13]

Services by platform

PlatformDestination/s
1Seaford
2Adelaide

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References

  1. 1 2 Seaford & Tonsley timetable Archived 21 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine Adelaide Metro 23 July 2018
  2. ↑ "Oaklands Railway-Station". The Advertiser (Adelaide) . South Australia. 9 September 1927. p. 17. Retrieved 29 May 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ Dolling, Alison (1981). The History of Marion on the Sturt. Peacock Publications, Norwood.
  4. ↑ Oaklands Station Archived 5 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Marton Council
  5. ↑ Annual Report Year Ended 30 June 2009 Archived 28 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine TransAdelaide
  6. ↑ Oaklands Crossing Archived 13 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure
  7. ↑ "Oaklands Crossing on track". Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure. 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Work to start on SA $174m train crossing". News.com.au. 16 January 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  9. ↑ PTP Alliance wins contract to upgrade Oaklands rail crossing in Australia World Construction Network 23 January 2018
  10. ↑ Proposed renaming of Oaklands Railway Station Adelaide Metro 18 December 2018
  11. ↑ Possible Marion Railway Station renaming City of Marion 14 January 2019
  12. ↑ "Reminder: Seaford/Tonsley rail line closure for Oaklands Project". Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  13. ↑ SA, Service (13 December 2011), Adelaide Metro, Service SA, archived from the original on 28 February 2019, retrieved 6 May 2019

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