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i_an
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:53 pm
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Having read quite a few very interesting threads here and info in other places about passenger services in SA over the years, I thought it might be fun to try and list them all in the one place. I've come up with a list as a starting point (with question marks where I'm unsure) - others might like to add corrections/additions.
I can remember as young boy in the early 70s going on trips to Belair with my Grandmother and seeing all sorts of exotic (to me) destinations on the big board in Adelaide Station. It was an exciting place back then 
I've split my list into 3 groups to make it easier and I've included some obscure short workings like the Gawler to Gawler Central service that runs a couple of times at each end of the day.
Current Suburban:
Adelaide - Gawler
Adelaide - Gawler Central (frmly North Gawler)
Gawler - Gawler Central
Adelaide - Glanville
Adelaide - Outer Harbour
Adelaide - Grange
Adelaide - Tonsley
Adelaide - Brighton
Adelaide - Norlunga Centre
Adelaide - Belair
Adelaide - Wayville Showgrounds
Discontinued Suburban:
Adelaide - Penfield
Adelaide - GMH Elizabeth
Adelaide - Northfield
Adelaide - Islington Works
Adelaide - Port Dock
Adelaide? - Finsbury Stores
Adelaide - Hendon
Adelaide - Henley
Adelaide? - Semaphore
Adelaide - Gelnelg (St Leonards)
South Tce - Glenelg
Adelaide - Mile End Goods
Adelaide - Bridgewater
Adelaide - Woodside
Adelaide - Willunga
Adelaide - Halletts Cove
Outer Harbour - GMH Elizabeth
Outer Harbour - Dry Creek
Adelaide - SA Cold Stores (Mile End)
SA Cold Stores - Hendon
Mitcham - Islington Works
Glanville - Largs Jetty
Not sure if these services existed, or where they went exactly?
Adelaide - Dry Creek
Adelaide - The Stockade (may not have been passenger services - not willing passengers anyway!)
Adelaide? - Finsbury (Woodville North)
? - ICI Osborne
Adelaide? - Holdens (Woodville)
Country:
Adelaide - Victor Harbour
Goolwa - Pt Elliot
Goolwa - Victor Harbour
Sandergrove - Milang
Adelaide - Mt Gambier
Adelaide - Tailem Bend?
Adelaide - Murray Bridge?
Adelaide - Loxton?
Adelaide - Renmark?
Adelaide - Port Augusta ?
Adelaide - Port Pirie?
Adelaide - Whyalla ?
Adelaide - Tarcoola
Adelaide? - Mt Pleasant
Adelaide - Broken Hill
Adelaide - Woomera ?
Cheers,
Ian[/b]
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:06 pm
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| i_an wrote: | Not sure if these services existed, or where they went exactly?
Adelaide - Dry Creek |
Until the new Gawler Central Line timetable in April 2008 there was a roughly hourly weekday frequency of "Dry Creek Squirts", always a single 3000 terminating in the back platform at Dry Crack. I believe that these were cut back from the Northfield services when that line closed.
There was also previously some peak hour trains terminating at Salisbury.
Did Murray Bridge ever receive passenger services from the other side of the border?
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KEVIN ROEHR
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:07 pm
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You forgot The Overland
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simont141
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:58 pm
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It would also be good to try and list services that didn't start/terminate in Adelaide. Don't have a timetable in front of me, so any help would be good.
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:59 am
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And a hello to the new member i_an
I've yet to scutinise your list, but at first glance I'd suggest that the Adelaide-Glanville service has been discontinued.
Back in history, there were also trains that terminated at Marino and Christie Downs, plus a cross suburban service between Dry Creek and Port Dock
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:52 am
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| simont141 wrote: | | It would also be good to try and list services that didn't start/terminate in Adelaide. Don't have a timetable in front of me, so any help would be good. |
There was a school service (officially a "Mixed") between Murray Bridge and Tailem Bend.
A return Brinkworth - Moonta service plus Moonta - Kadina short workings.
Port Pirie - Peterborough.
Naracoorte - Kingston.
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:55 am
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And there were the Budd services out of Port Augusta during the CR days.
I'm guessing Pt Augusta to Marree for starters. Port Augusta out to Pimba or thereabouts. Something like that.
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:24 pm
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Also Mitcham to Islington Works and vice a versa!
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:26 pm
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2001, the Adelaide - Glanville services are still operating. If they had been cancelled, we would've seen a few notices on the AdelaideMetro site about it and new timetables issued.
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:12 pm
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There was a service that worked between No.18 shed Finsbury and Hendon. I don't think passengers would have done the full journey though, it's just how STA utilised the railcar if that makes sense.
There was a service that went from Adelaide up the back of the LeFevre peninsula, and also a service out to Virginia.
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:33 pm
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There was also one service from GMH to Glanville. Unbelievably, there is a 1981 STA timetable for this service as well as the Northfield, Penfield and North Gawler line in the main Salisbury library in the local history section.
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:22 pm
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| Quote: | | And a hello to the new member i_an |
Thanks
| Quote: | | I've yet to scrutinise your list, but at first glance I'd suggest that the Adelaide-Glanville service has been discontinued. |
They are definitely still running - I see one waiting at the platform every morning when I'm changing trains at Adelaide!
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:17 pm
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| 2001 wrote: | And there were the Budd services out of Port Augusta during the CR days.
I'm guessing Pt Augusta to Marree for starters. Port Augusta out to Pimba or thereabouts. Something like that. |
2001,
The Pimba service was for Woomera passengers, is this not correct?
Also the railcars starting with a G were run to Maree, can't think of the name at the moment. Remember seeing of photo on the NRM Website.
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:13 pm
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| Quote: | | There was a service that went from Adelaide up the back of the LeFevre peninsula |
Hmm, which line was that on?
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:38 pm
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There was also previously some peak hour trains terminating at Salisbury.
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These were cutbacks of the Penfield trains, or so i've heard.
Plus don't forget the services that were run as limited stop express and non express services, Bridgewater was one.
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