Peterhead railway station, Adelaide

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Peterhead
Peterhead Railway Station, Adelaide.jpg
Northbound view from both platforms, June 2023
General information
LocationHargrave Street, Peterhead
Coordinates 34°50′05″S138°29′31″E / 34.8347°S 138.49195°E / -34.8347; 138.49195
Owned by Department for Infrastructure & Transport
Operated by Adelaide Metro
Line(s) Outer Harbor
Distance14.6 km from Adelaide
Platforms2
Tracks2
ConnectionsNone
Construction
Structure type Island platform
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesNo
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code16556 (to City)
18471 (to Outer Harbor)
Website Adelaide Metro
History
Opened1911
Services
Preceding station Adelaide Metro Following station
Glanville
towards Adelaide
Outer Harbor line Largs
towards Outer Harbor

Peterhead railway station is located on the Outer Harbor line. [1] Situated in the north-western Adelaide suburb of Peterhead, it is 14.6 kilometres from Adelaide station.

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History

Peterhead station opened in 1911, when the line was extended from Glanville to Outer Harbor. In the 1990s, there were moves to curtail the line at Glanville, providing alternate transport beyond there. As a result, a feeder bus was introduced to connect Outer Harbour to the train at Glanville and Ethelton, as well as allowing passengers to travel to Port Adelaide, Semaphore (which used to have its own branch from the main line) and West Lakes. That was later split into two routes, one staying west near Military Road, and the other servicing the eastern side of the Lefevre Peninsula along Fletcher and Victoria Roads. The plans to close the line were later scrapped, although the nearby 333 and 150 routes are a remnant of these original plans.

In late 2016, the station was ranked as one of the worst in the western suburbs, based on five criteria [2] and, like many other old western and northern suburbs stations, it is subject to vandalism. In 2017, the shelter was replaced at the station, and in 2022, the station platform was resurfaced and tactile paving installed on the platform edges.

In July 2018, several signal cabinets next to the level crossing were painted with an ocean theme, along with a quotation from Jules Verne. A mural with an octopus and submarine followed in September. [3]

Services by platform

PlatformLinesDestinationsNotes
1 Outer Harbor all stops services to Outer Harbor some peak hour services terminate at Osborne
2 Outer Harbor all stops services to Adelaide

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References

  1. Outer Harbor & Grange timetable Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Adelaide Metro 23 February 2014
  2. "And the worst rail stop in the west goes to …". The Advertiser. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  3. "The Peterhead Station Art Project". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

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