Seaton Park railway station

Seaton Park
General information
Location	Clark Terrace, Seaton
Owned by	Department for Infrastructure & Transport
Operated by	Adelaide Metro
Line	Grange
Distance	2.9 km (1.8 mi) from Woodville station (start of Grange branch line), 10.3 km (6.4 mi) from Adelaide
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Bus routes	371 and 372
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground, side platform
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	18457 (to Grange) 16560 (to City)
Website	Adelaide Metro
Services
Preceding station Adelaide Metro Following station Albert Park towards Adelaide Grange line East Grange towards Grange
Location

Seaton Park railway station is located on the Grange railway line ^[1] in the western Adelaide suburb of Seaton. It is 2.9 kilometres (1.8 miles) from the junction at the eastern end of the Grange line, Woodville, which in turn is 7.5 kilometres (4.7 miles) from Adelaide station. It is mainly used by local commuters travelling to and from the city centre.

History

The station lies between Albert Park and East Grange stations. The origin of the name is obscure, but Seaton is a very common place name in England. The Grange line was opened in 1882 from Woodville to Grange. It was extended to Henley Beach from 1894 to 1957, when it was retracted again to Grange, its present terminus. ^{[2] : 95}

The station has been re-named and relocated short distances on several occasions. Originally it was a stopping place named Cross Roads, just west of Simpson Street (now Tapleys Hill Road). In 1911 it was re-named Grangeville and moved a very short distance to south of Trimmer Parade. In 1918 it was again re-named Seaton Park. ^{[3] : 6 of ch. 2.01} In 1923 a new station was opened on the eastern side of Tapleys Hill Road, north of Trimmer Parade; its platform was lengthened during 1943. ^{[2] : 98}

In the History of Woodville, ^[4] it was recorded that gravel deposits of an ancient river were quarried at Findon from about 1917 to the 1930s. The gravel pits lay west of Findon Road, between Grange Road and Angley Avenue. Sixteen single-horse scoops dumped the gravel on a grid taken by elevator to load the rail trucks. A steam locomotive, which took one load per day, ran on a branch line which joined the Grange railway line at Seaton Park. ^{[2] : 98}

Services by platform

Platform	Lines	Destinations
1	Grange	All stops services to Grange & Adelaide

References

1. Outer Harbor & Grange timetable Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Adelaide Metro 23 February 2014
2. Thompson, Malcolm (1988). Rails through swamp and sand: a history of the Port Adelaide Railway. Port Adelaide, South Australia: Port Dock Railway Station Museum Publications. ISBN   0959507361.
3. Wilson, Tom; Radcliffe, John; Steele, Christopher (2021). Adelaide's public transport – the first 180 years (PDF e-book) . Adelaide, South Australia: Wakefield Press. ISBN   9781743058855.
4. Marsden, Susan (1977). A history of Woodville. Woodville, South Australia: Corporation of the City of Woodville. p. 37. ISBN   0959982841.

External links

Media related to Seaton Park railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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