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{{Short description|Railway station Adleaide, South Australia}}
{{Short description|Railway station Adleaide, South Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox station
{{Infobox station
| name = Midlunga
|name = Midlunga
| style = Adelaide
|style = Adelaide
| image = MidlungaRailwayStationAdelaide.jpg
|image = MidlungaRailwayStationAdelaide.jpg
| caption =
|caption = Southbound view in April 2008
| address = Railway Terrace, [[Osborne, South Australia|Osborne]]
|address = Railway Terrace, [[Osborne, South Australia|Osborne]]
| coordinates = {{coord|-34.79939|138.49911|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:AU-SA|display=inline, title}}
|coordinates = {{coord|-34.79939|138.49911|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:AU-SA|display=inline, title}}
| owned = [[Department for Infrastructure & Transport]]
|owned = [[Department for Infrastructure & Transport]]
| operator = [[Adelaide Metro]]
|operator = [[Adelaide Metro]]
| line = [[Outer Harbor railway line|Outer Harbor]]
|line = {{Rail color box|system=Adelaide|line=Outer Harbor|inline=croute|type=|note=}}
| distance = 18.8&nbsp;km from [[Adelaide railway station|Adelaide]]
|distance = 18.8 kilometres from [[Adelaide railway station|Adelaide]]
| platforms = 2
|platforms = 2 [[Side platform|side]]
| tracks = 2
|tracks = 2
| structure =
|structure =
| parking = No
|parking =
| bicycle = No
|bicycle =
| disabled =
|accessible =
|bus_routes =
| bus_routes = 150 to [[Osborne, South Australia|Osborne]] ([[Victoria Road, Adelaide|Victoria Road]])<br />
|connections = {{ric|Adelaide|Bus}} Bus
333 to [[North Haven, South Australia|North Haven]] (Military Road)
|website = [https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/stops?id=18481 Adelaide Metro]
| code =
| zone =
|opened = 1921
| website =
|closed =
| opened = 1921
|rebuilt = 17 July 1961
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|services = {{Adjacent stations
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| rebuilt = 17 July 1961
|system = Adelaide
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|line1 = Outer Harbor|left1=Taperoo|right1=Osborne}}}}
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'''Midlunga Railway Station''' is a railway station located on the [[Outer Harbor railway line|Outer Harbor line]].<ref>[https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/var/metro/storage/original/application/684c3f76dfe11ad139bbae9fa45d8cc5.pdf Outer Harbor & Grange timetable] Adelaide Metro 23 February 2014</ref> Situated in the north-western [[Adelaide]] suburb of [[Osborne, South Australia]], it is {{convert|18.8|km}} from [[Adelaide railway station|Adelaide station]].
'''Midlunga railway station''' is a railway station located on the [[Outer Harbor railway line|Outer Harbor line]], in [[Adelaide]], Australia.<ref>[https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/855452/OUTHA_and_GRNG_train_ttable_routemap_27-01-19.pdf Outer Harbor & Grange timetable] [[Adelaide Metro]] 27 January 2019</ref> Situated in the north-western [[Adelaide]] suburb of [[Osborne, South Australia]], it is {{convert|18.8|km}} from [[Adelaide railway station|Adelaide station]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mallett |first=Ashley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XFXYDwAAQBAJ&dq=Midlunga+Railway+Station&pg=PA49 |title=The Boys from St Francis: Stories of the remarkable Aboriginal activists, artists and athletes who grew up in one seaside home |date=2018-09-13 |publisher=[[Wakefield Press (Australia)|Wakefield Press]]|isbn=978-1-74305-580-9 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Thompson |first=Malcolm |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=De_IPAAACAAJ |title=Rails Through Swamp & Sand: A History of the Port Adelaide Railway |date=1988 |publisher=[[National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide|Port Dock Station Railway Museum]]|isbn=978-0-9595073-6-2 |language=en}}</ref>


== History ==
==History==
Midlunga railway station was opened in 1921. It was named after a nearby land divide. The name is a [[portmanteau]] of midla and nga, two [[Kaurna]] words that mean spear thrower and the place of respectively.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 June 2017|title=What's in a Name? Midlunga |page=8 |work=[[Portside Messenger]]}}</ref>
{{Expand section|date=September 2017}}
The station was opened in 1921.


The station originally had lower step-down platforms. In 1950 Port Adelaide Council petitioned the Railway Commissioner to build high level earth-filled platforms, but this request was refused.<ref>{{cite news |title=Railway Platforms |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/238586939?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FP%2Ftitle%2F1307%2F1950%2F01%2F01%2Fpage%2F25758093%2Farticle%2F238586939 |access-date=15 May 2023 |work=The Progressive Times |issue=9 |date=1 January 1950 | volume=1 |page=16}}</ref> The station appeared in the "Chief Engineer For Railways Map Showing Lines of Railways in South Australia" published in June 1950, and the June 1966 Metropolitan and Country Time and Fare Tables.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Drymalik |first1=Chris |title=Commonwealth, Australian National and South Australian Railways Rollingstock Volume 6 Track Route Information - ComRails Volume 6: Track Route Information |url=https://www.comrails.com/print/ComrailsVolume6.pdf |page=100 |date=19 October 2022}}</ref>
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Just north of Midlunga station, the line merges into a [[Single track (rail)|single track]] for the final {{convert|3|km|mi}} to [[Outer Harbor railway station|Outer Harbor]]. The line was reduced to a single track in the early 1980s.

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Just north of Midlunga station, the line merges into a [[Single-track railway|single track]] for the final three kilometres to [[Outer Harbor railway station|Outer Harbor]]. The line was reduced to a single track in October 1988.<ref>Outer Harbour Loop ''[[Transit Australia]]'' June 1988 page 124</ref><ref>Outer Harbor line ''[[The Recorder (periodical)|The Recorder]]'' December 1988 page 44</ref>

In 2016, the station was included on a list of worst stations in Adelaide's west, based on 5 criteria.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/west-beaches/and-the-worst-rail-stop-in-the-west-goes-to--adelaides-people-for-public-transport-rate-27-stations/news-story/5e166814d646d7d55ff278abf1904c35|title=And the worst rail stop in the west goes to …|date=2016-09-08|work=The Advertiser|access-date=2023-05-17|language=en-US}}</ref>


==Services by platform==
==Services by platform==
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|all stops services to [[Adelaide railway station|Adelaide]]
|all stops services to [[Adelaide railway station|Adelaide]]
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==Transport links==
{{AdelaideMetroBusTable/Header
|stopname=60 ([[Victoria Road, Adelaide|Victoria Road]])}}
{{AdelaideMetroBusTable/Body
|busnumber=150
|colour=#003594
|textcolour=#ffffff
|details=[[Adelaide city centre|City]]<small> via Victoria Road, Carnarvon Terrace, Fletcher Road & [[Port Road, Adelaide|Port Road]]</small><ref>[https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/routes/150 Route 150] Adelaide Metro</ref>}}
|}
{{AdelaideMetroBusTable/Header
|stopname=58 (Military Road)}}
{{AdelaideMetroBusTable/Body
|busnumber=333
|colour=#003594
|textcolour=#ffffff
|details=[[Port Adelaide]]<small> via Military Road, Hart Street, [[Glanville railway station|Glanville station]] & Semaphore Road</small><ref>[https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/routes/333 Route 333] Adelaide Metro</ref>}}
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{{Adelaide Metro railway stations|Outer Harbor=y|state=collapsed}}


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[[Category:Railway stations in Adelaide]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Adelaide]]
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[[Category:Railway stations in Australia opened in 1921]]
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[[Category:Lefevre Peninsula]]

Latest revision as of 11:02, 6 July 2023

Midlunga
Southbound view in April 2008
General information
LocationRailway Terrace, Osborne
Coordinates34°47′58″S 138°29′57″E / 34.79939°S 138.49911°E / -34.79939; 138.49911
Owned byDepartment for Infrastructure & Transport
Operated byAdelaide Metro
Line(s)Outer Harbor
Distance18.8 kilometres from Adelaide
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBuses in Adelaide Bus
Other information
WebsiteAdelaide Metro
History
Opened1921
Rebuilt17 July 1961
Services
Preceding station Adelaide Metro Following station
Taperoo
towards Adelaide
 Outer Harbor line Osborne
towards Outer Harbor

Midlunga railway station is a railway station located on the Outer Harbor line, in Adelaide, Australia.[1] Situated in the north-western Adelaide suburb of Osborne, South Australia, it is 18.8 kilometres (11.7 mi) from Adelaide station.[2][3]

History[edit]

Midlunga railway station was opened in 1921. It was named after a nearby land divide. The name is a portmanteau of midla and nga, two Kaurna words that mean spear thrower and the place of respectively.[4]

The station originally had lower step-down platforms. In 1950 Port Adelaide Council petitioned the Railway Commissioner to build high level earth-filled platforms, but this request was refused.[5] The station appeared in the "Chief Engineer For Railways Map Showing Lines of Railways in South Australia" published in June 1950, and the June 1966 Metropolitan and Country Time and Fare Tables.[6]

Just north of Midlunga station, the line merges into a single track for the final three kilometres to Outer Harbor. The line was reduced to a single track in October 1988.[7][8]

In 2016, the station was included on a list of worst stations in Adelaide's west, based on 5 criteria.[9]

Services by platform[edit]

Platform Lines Destinations Notes
1 Outer Harbor all stops services to Outer Harbor some peak hour services terminate at Osborne
2 Outer Harbor all stops services to Adelaide

Transport links[edit]

Bus Transfers: Stop 60 (Victoria Road)
Route No. Destination & Route Details
150 City via Victoria Road, Carnarvon Terrace, Fletcher Road & Port Road[10]
Bus Transfers: Stop 58 (Military Road)
Route No. Destination & Route Details
333 Port Adelaide via Military Road, Hart Street, Glanville station & Semaphore Road[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Outer Harbor & Grange timetable Adelaide Metro 27 January 2019
  2. ^ Mallett, Ashley (13 September 2018). The Boys from St Francis: Stories of the remarkable Aboriginal activists, artists and athletes who grew up in one seaside home. Wakefield Press. ISBN 978-1-74305-580-9.
  3. ^ Thompson, Malcolm (1988). Rails Through Swamp & Sand: A History of the Port Adelaide Railway. Port Dock Station Railway Museum. ISBN 978-0-9595073-6-2.
  4. ^ "What's in a Name? Midlunga". Portside Messenger. 21 June 2017. p. 8.
  5. ^ "Railway Platforms". The Progressive Times. Vol. 1, no. 9. 1 January 1950. p. 16. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  6. ^ Drymalik, Chris (19 October 2022). "Commonwealth, Australian National and South Australian Railways Rollingstock Volume 6 Track Route Information - ComRails Volume 6: Track Route Information" (PDF). p. 100.
  7. ^ Outer Harbour Loop Transit Australia June 1988 page 124
  8. ^ Outer Harbor line The Recorder December 1988 page 44
  9. ^ "And the worst rail stop in the west goes to …". The Advertiser. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  10. ^ Route 150 Adelaide Metro
  11. ^ Route 333 Adelaide Metro

External links[edit]

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