Mitcham railway station, Adelaide

For other uses, see Mitcham station (disambiguation)

Mitcham
Railways in Adelaide - List of Railway Stations
Train Services
Belair Line
Location
Street	Belair Road Grange Road Verco Avenue
Suburb	Lower Mitcham
Distance from Adelaide	8.5 km
Access by	Level pedestrian crossing Platform ramp Subway
Frequency
Hi-Frequency Station	No
Peak Frequency	Every 20 Mins
Weekday Frequency	Every 30 Mins
Weekend Frequency	Every 60 Mins
Night Frequency	Every 60 Mins
Facilities
Real Rail Time Display	Yes (Platform 1 only)
Real Rail Time Speaker	Yes
Number of Platforms	2
Platform Layout	2 side platforms
Toilets	No
Car Parking	Yes
Bike Storage	Yes
Lounge	No
Kiosk	No
Wheelchair access	Yes
Other facilities	None
History
Opened	1883
Closed	[1]
Transfers
Train transfer	None
Bus transfer	190 to Glenelg 195 to Blackwood 196 to Blackwood
Adjacent Stations
« Previous Unley Park Hawthorn (closed)	Next » Torrens Park

Mitcham railway station is located on the Belair railway line in Adelaide, South Australia. It is located 8.5 km by rail from Adelaide Railway Station, and is actually located in Lower Mitcham. It and Blackwood are the only stations between Goodwood and Belair to have more than one platform in use.^[2]

The "front entrance" to the station is on Belair Road, opposite the City of Mitcham council chambers and the Mitcham Square Shopping Centre (both located in Torrens Park).

History

The station was opened with the opening of the railway between Adelaide and Aldgate in March 1883, and at times played a major role in the South Australian railway system. For example: the "Melbourne Express" (The Overland) used to stop at Mitcham; there were spurlines to Clapham (now removed), Sleeps Hill (now part of the main line) and to an adjacent woodyard (still there, but not in use); and the railway station was manned and had a parcel shipping depot.

It was originally planned to call the station Lower Mitcham but the name was changed prior to opening.

Today it provides a passing loop for trains using the now single track broad gauge line.

Nellie's Garden

The Mitcham railway station garden, known as Nellie's Garden, is named in honour of Nellie Iris Ellis (1920-1983) who established the garden. Mrs Ellis was the wife of a former stationmaster. The garden is maintained by volunteers and is one of only five public gardens provided by the City of Mitcham.

See also

• List of Adelaide railway stations
• List of closed Adelaide railway stations
• Adelaide Metro
• Railways in Adelaide
• Rail transport in South Australia

External links

• South Australia Central
• Office of Public Transport
• TransAdelaide
• Adelaide Metro
• Nellie's Garden

Notes

1. ^ All stations on the Belair railway line from Goodwood to Belair were (temporarily) closed between April and August 2009 when the line was upgraded.
2. ^ Prior to the conversion of the Belair line in 1995 from two Broad Gauge tracks to one Broad Gauge track and one Standard Gauge track, all stations on the Belair Line had two or more working platforms; the nature of the terrain and the narrowness of the right-of-way prevented the practise used on other Adelaide suburban lines of placing a single platform between the two tracks. Since the conversion of one of the tracks to standard gauge, these "other" platforms have been closed. The two platforms at Mitcham remain open to enable and facilitate a crossing loop in the now single broad gauge track.

Coordinates: 34°58′38″S 138°36′31″E / 34.9773°S 138.6086°E / -34.9773; 138.6086