Unley Park | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Wurilba Avenue, Hawthorn | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°57′59″S138°35′52″E / 34.9665°S 138.5978°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Department for Infrastructure & Transport | ||||||||||
Operated by | Adelaide Metro | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Belair | ||||||||||
Distance | 7 km from Adelaide | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 Side | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 (1 broad gauge, 1 standard gauge) | ||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
Parking | No | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | 16566 (to City) 18579 (to Belair) | ||||||||||
Website | Adelaide Metro | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1910s | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1980s and 2000s | ||||||||||
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Unley Park railway station is located on the Belair line in suburban Adelaide. [1] Situated seven kilometres from Adelaide station, it is on the boundary between Hawthorn and Westbourne Park, on the south side of Cross Road.
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The station was opened around the 1910s.
It was temporarily closed in 1995 when one set of tracks through the station was converted to standard gauge as part of the One Nation Adelaide-Melbourne line gauge conversion project. The western platform was demolished as part of the project.
Platform | Destination/s |
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1 | Adelaide/Belair |
The closest bus stops are Stop 173 on Cross Road and Stop 12 on Hilda Terrace.
Bus Transfers: Stop 173 (Cross Road) | |
Route No. | Destination & Route Details |
100 | Armada Arndale – Plympton – Glen Osmond |
Bus Transfers: Stop 12 (Hilda Terrace) | |
Route No. | Destination & Route Details |
200 | City – Clapham – Westfield Marion |
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