Adelaide Parklands Terminal
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Adelaide Parklands Terminal, formerly known as Keswick Terminal, is the interstate passenger railway station in Adelaide, South Australia.[1]
The terminal is north of the suburb of Keswick, Template:Convert by road south-west of the city centre, and adjoins the south-western sector of the West Parklands. It was within the boundary of Keswick until 1987 when, inclusive of adjacent business sites and covering a total area of Template:Convert, Keswick Terminal was declared a suburb in its own right.[2]
History
The terminal opened on 18 May 1984 as Keswick Terminal (and located near, but not connected to, the now demolished Keswick station). It was developed by Australian National (AN) as a dedicated long-haul passenger rail station, allowing AN to vacate the then State Transport Authority's Adelaide railway station. It was included in the sale of Australian National's passenger operations to Great Southern Rail in 1997.[3]
In June 2008, the station was renamed Adelaide Parklands Terminal[4] following Stage One of a plan to "improve guest comfort and amenity, traffic and passenger movement, food and retail facilities, image, identity, presentation and sustainability".[5]
Services
The terminal was built by Australian National as a dual gauge station for The Ghan, Indian Pacific and Trans-Australian to the north and The Overland to the south-east – the latter train being on Template:Track gauge broad-gauge tracks at the time, before conversion to Template:Track gauge in 1995.[6] It was also served by regional South Australian trains – also operated by Australian National – until all passenger trains outside of Greater Adelaide had ceased operation by 1990.
Since 1991, the only trains regularly operating out of the terminal have been The Ghan, Indian Pacific and The Overland; The Southern Spirit ran seasonally between 2010 and 2012, and the Great Southern commenced seasonal services in 2020. Today, these trains are operated by Journey Beyond.
Visiting passenger trains from interstate also visit the terminal, albeit rarely.
Local transport
Although three suburban rail lines run parallel to the terminal, the nearest suburban railway station is Template:Convert to the south. The nearest bus stop is Template:Convert away, also to the south.
Gallery
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The Indian Pacific at the terminal
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Main platform with carriages from The Ghan
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Terminal entrance (2014)
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Choo Choos Cafe (2011)
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GM22 at the head of the Trans Australian in 1986. (Note dual gauge tracks)
References
External links
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- ↑ "Goodbye AN Passenger, Hello Great Southern Railway" Railway Digest December 1997 page 7
- ↑ New name for interstate rail terminal ABC News 5 August 2008
- ↑ ATOMIQ Design Group Template:Webarchive, Architects of the Adelaide Parklands Interstate Rail Terminal
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