Woodville Park | |||||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | Belmore Terrace, Woodville Park | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°52′53″S138°32′37″E / 34.8814°S 138.5435°E | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | Department for Infrastructure & Transport | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | Adelaide Metro | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Outer Harbor Grange | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 6.8 km from Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Connections | None | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Island platform | ||||||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||
Station code | 16572 (to City) 18450 (to Outer Harbor & Grange) | ||||||||||||||
Website | Adelaide Metro | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 1936 | ||||||||||||||
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Woodville Park railway station is located on the Grange and Outer Harbor lines. [1] Situated in the western Adelaide suburb of Woodville Park, it is 6.8 kilometres from Adelaide station.
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This station was built in 1936.
Although the surrounding suburb was built in the 1870s, a station was not provided until December 1936. It was the first station on the line to have an island platform. The station has been unattended since 1980.
Platform | Lines | Destinations | Notes |
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1 | Grange | all stops services to Grange | |
Outer Harbor | all stops services to Outer Harbor | ||
2 | Grange | all stops services to Adelaide | |
Outer Harbor | all stops services to Adelaide | ||
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