Croydon railway station, Adelaide

Railway station in Adelaide, South Australia

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Croydon

Croydon Station after the 2018 rebuild

General information
Location| Euston Terrace, Croydon
Coordinates| 34°53′50″S 138°33′50″E﻿ / ﻿34.8971°S 138.5639°E﻿ / -34.8971; 138.5639
Owned by| Department for Infrastructure & Transport
Operated by| Adelaide Metro
Line(s)| Outer Harbor Grange
Distance| 4.2 km from Adelaide
Platforms| 2
Tracks| 2
Bus routes| 150, 155, 157 (Port Road)
Connections|  Bus
Construction
Structure type| Ground
Parking| No
Bicycle facilities| No
Accessible| Yes → level boarding
Other information
Station code| 16505 (to City)
18444 (to Outer Harbor & Grange)
Website| Adelaide Metro
History
Opened| 1888
Rebuilt| 2018
Services
| Preceding station  | Adelaide Metro | Following station

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Bowden

towards Adelaide

|  | Grange line |  | West Croydon

towards Grange

| Outer Harbor line |  | West Croydon

towards Outer Harbor

Croydon railway station is located on the Grange and Outer Harbor lines.[1] Situated in the western Adelaide suburb of Croydon, it is 4.2 kilometres from Adelaide station.

## History[edit]

Croydon station opened in 1888, with the station buildings and platforms transferred from the former Torrens Bridge station. The station has been unattended by staff since 1981. The provides easy access to the popular Queen Street/Elizabeth Street cafe and retro shop strip, as well as a children's park. Wheelchair access ramps and sheltered seating areas are located on both platforms.

Lights displaying the warning 'Caution More Than One Train' have been installed at pedestrian crossings near the station as part of an Adelaide-wide crossing safety upgrade program. These lights are illuminated when more than one train is due to warn pedestrians waiting to cross the line that another train will be following quickly after the first has passed.

Whilst it had been previously proposed that as part of an upgrade to South Road, the station would be elevated and potentially relocated to the east as part of a grade separation project, the final design adopted a shorter rail overpass option allowing the station to remain in its current location.[2][3]

## Upgrade[edit]

In October 2017, it was announced that the station would be demolished in its entirety to remove a speed restriction on passing trains due to the relatively narrow width of the rail corridor in between the platforms. The rebuilt station features completely new platforms that are the same height as the train floor, as well as new shelters, seating and lighting. The pedestrian crossing points at the adjacent level crossing was also upgraded to 'active crossings' meaning that gates will open and close automatically to prevent pedestrians from entering the rail corridor whilst trains are passing. Construction was originally expected to be completed by the reopening of the train line in January 2018, however, works continued until May with the platforms remaining open for train passengers during most of this time.

## Services by platform[edit]

Platform  | Lines  | Destinations

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1  | Grange | all stops services to Grange
Outer Harbor | all stops services to Outer Harbor
2  | Grange | all stops services to Adelaide
Outer Harbor | all stops services to Adelaide

## References[edit]

1. ^ Outer Harbor & Grange timetable Adelaide Metro 23 February 2014
2. ^ Project Assessment Report Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure June 2014
3. ^ Turning right on to Port Rd banned once South Rd and Torrens-to-Torrens upgrade finished Adelaide Advertiser 1 July 2014

## External links[edit]

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Adelaide Metro railway stations

* Railways in Adelaide
* List of railway stations in Adelaide
* List of closed railway stations in South Australia

| Grange line|

* Adelaide
* Bowden
* Croydon
* West Croydon
* Kilkenny
* Woodville Park
* Woodville
* Albert Park
* Seaton Park
* East Grange
* Grange

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Outer Harbor line|

* Adelaide
* Bowden
* Croydon
* West Croydon
* Kilkenny
* Woodville Park
* Woodville
* St Clair
* Cheltenham
* Alberton
* Port Dock
* Port Adelaide
* Ethelton
* Glanville
* Peterhead
* Largs
* Largs North
* Draper
* Taperoo
* Midlunga
* Osborne
* North Haven
* Outer Harbor

* Belair
* Gawler
* Outer Harbor & Grange
* Seaford & Flinders

* Stations and services in italics are planned or under construction
* Stations in (parentheses) are uncommon stops for the listed service

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