Millswood railway station

Millswood
Railways in Adelaide - List of Railway Stations
Train Services
Location
Street	Goodwood Road
Suburb	Millswood Kings Park
Distance from Adelaide	5.9 km
Access by	None (station closed)
Frequency
Hi-Frequency Station	unknown
Peak Frequency	unknown
Weekday Frequency	unknown
Weekend Frequency	unknown
Night Frequency	unknown
Facilities
Real Rail Time Display	unknown
Real Rail Time Speaker	unknown
Number of Platforms	1 (Not in use)
Platform Layout	1 side platform (eastern side)
Toilets	unknown
Car Parking	unknown
Bike Storage	unknown
Lounge	unknown
Kiosk	unknown
Wheelchair access	unknown
Other facilities	unknown
History
Opened	1910s[citation needed]
Closed	1995[1]
Adjacent Stations
« Previous Goodwood	Next » Unley Park

Millswood railway station is a closed railway station on the Belair railway line in Adelaide, South Australia. It is situated 5.9 km from Adelaide Railway Station, adjacent to the Goodwood Road underpass, on the border of the suburbs of Millswood and Kings Park.

History

The station opened circa 1910.^{[citation needed]} The platforms were constructed of earth-filled concrete each side of the dual tracks, which were both broad gauge until 1995. There were timber framed, iron clad open passenger shelters on each platform. The two outbound Unley Park and Hawthorn stations had similar shelters. A ticket office was provided on the Up (western) platform. In the second half of 1974, it was open between 6:15 am to 1:05 pm Mondays, 6:15 am to 12:20 pm Tuesday – Friday and 7:30 am to 12:20 pm Saturday. The ticket office was demolished during August 1985, and the original shelters were in due course removed in March 1988 and replaced with the 'bus' type shelters that are seen at some stations on the TransAdelaide network.

Millswood Station was closed permanently on 28 April 1995, simultaneously with stations at Clapham and Hawthorn despite criticism from nearby residents, with the conversion of the western broad gauge track to standard gauge under the One Nation programme. A number of reasons were quoted as justification for the closures, including poor patronage,^[2] the excessive number of stations between Goodwood and Lynton and their closeness to each other, and the impractibility of single-line working with so many stations and so few crossing points. There have been calls from the City of Unley to reopen Millswood station,^{[citation needed][when?]} but nothing has eventuated.

The western platform was demolished in 2007. As of 2009, there remains on the Down (eastern) platform, the shelter with seats removed, and a disused speaker.

The majority of Adelaide Metro rail network maps continue to show gaps on the Belair line where Millswood, and the other disused stations on the Belair line, have been removed.

Gallery

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  Looking south

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  Platform - looking south

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  Looking south towards Unley Park

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  Looking north

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  Looking north

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  Looking north

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  Goodwood Road Subway - looking north

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  Looking north towards Goodwood Junction

Notes

1. ^ The platform on the western side of the line was demolished in 2007.
2. ^ Former Minister of Transport Frank Blevins stated there had been consideration since 1966 to close the station because of poor patronage. In December 1994, Millswood had on average 123 passenger boardings per day. Source:Question Time, Legislative Council, 12 April 1995, p. 1933

See also

• List of closed Adelaide railway stations

References

• South Australian Railways Working Timetable Book No. 265, effective from 10:00am, 30 June 1974
• Government of South Australia, 12 April 1995, Legislative Council Hansard, Adelaide

External links

• Photos of Millswood station between 1984-1988

Coordinates: 34°57′32″S 138°35′26″E / 34.95886°S 138.59047°E / -34.95886; 138.59047