Mitcham railway station, Adelaide

Railway station in Adelaide, South Australia

Mitcham

General information
Location| Grange Road, Lower Mitcham
Coordinates| 34°58′38″S 138°36′31″E﻿ / ﻿34.9773°S 138.6086°E﻿ / -34.9773; 138.6086
Owned by| Department for Infrastructure and Transport
Operated by| Adelaide Metro
Line(s)| Belair
Distance| 8.5 km from Adelaide
Platforms| 2 Side
Tracks| 3
Connections|  Bus
Construction
Structure type| Ground
Parking| Yes
Bicycle facilities| Yes
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Station code| 16543 (to City)
18578 (to Belair)
Website| Adelaide Metro
History
Opened| 1883
Services
| Preceding station  | Adelaide Metro | Following station

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Unley Park

towards Adelaide

|  | Belair line |  | Torrens Park

towards Belair

Mitcham railway station is located on the Belair line in Adelaide.[1] Situated 8.5 kilometres from Adelaide station, it is in the suburb of Lower Mitcham.

## History[edit]

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Mitcham station opened in March 1883 with the opening of the Adelaide to Aldgate section of the Adelaide-Melbourne line. It was originally planned to call the station Lower Mitcham but the name was changed prior to opening. It was previously served by the Melbourne Express. Mitcham previously was a junction for lines to Clapham and Sleeps Hill. It is currently a stop on the Belair suburban commuter line. Mitcham and Blackwood are the only stations between Goodwood and Belair to have more than one platform in use.

In 1995, as part of the One Nation Adelaide-Melbourne line gauge conversion project, the third platform on the station's western side was converted to standard gauge.

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.[2][3]

In 2019, portions of Escape from Pretoria, a 2020 Australian prison film, was shot at the station and Nellie's Garden. During this time, trains did not stop at Mitcham.

## Services by platform[edit]

Platform  | Destination/s

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1 | Adelaide/Belair
2 | Adelaide/Belair

## Bus transfers[edit]

Bus Transfers: Stop 13B (Grange Road)

Route No. | Destination & Route Details
190 | City – Mitcham – Glenelg
Bus Transfers: Stop 14 (Belair Road)

Route No. | Destination & Route Details
195 | City – Mitcham – Blackwood
196 | City – Mitcham – Blackwood
300 | Suburban Connector
892 | Urrbrae High School – Mitcham – Blackwood

## References[edit]

1. ^ Belair timetable Archived 23 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Adelaide Metro 12 October 2014
2. ^ Nellie's Garden City of Mitcham
3. ^ "Nellie's Garden | Mitcham Railway Station | Review - Play & Go AdelaidePlay & Go Adelaide". playandgo.com.au. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

## External links[edit]

Media related to Mitcham railway station, Adelaide at Wikimedia Commons

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* Adelaide
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* Unley Park
* Mitcham
* Torrens Park
* Lynton
* Eden Hills
* Coromandel
* Blackwood
* Glenalta
* Pinera
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* Outer Harbor & Grange
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