Millswood railway station, Adelaide

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Millswood Railways in Adelaide - Commuter Railway Station
Station overview
Train Services
Belair
Location
Street	Goodwood Road
Suburb	Millswood Kings Park
Distance from Adelaide	5.9km
Access by	N/A (Closed)
Frequency
Hi-Frequency Station	N/A
Peak Frequency	N/A
Weekday Frequency	N/A
Weekend Frequency	N/A
Night Frequency	N/A
Facilities
Real Rail Time Display	No
Real Rail Time Speaker	No
Number of Platforms	1 (Not in use)
Platform Layout	1 Side Platform (Eastern Side)
Toilets	No
Car Parking	No
Bike Storage	No
Lounge	No
Kiosk	No
Wheelchair access	No
Other facilities	None
History
Opened	1910s^{[citation needed]}
Rebuilt	unknown
Closed	1995^[1]
Transfers
Train transfer	None
Bus transfer	None
Adjacent Stations
« Previous Goodwood	Next » Unley Park

Millswood railway Station (34°57′S, 138°35′E), closed in April 1995, is situated immediately southeast of the Goodwood Road underpass, on the border between Millswood and Kings Park, 5.9 km from Adelaide Railway Station on the Belair Railway Line. The station probably opened in the 1910s^{[citation needed]} and consisted of earth-filled concrete faced platforms 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. There is a shelter (the seats are gone though) and a disused speaker (for announcing stations) on the Down (eastern) platform.

A ticket office was provided on the Up (western) platform. In the second half of 1974 it was open between 6:15am to 1:05pm Mondays, 6:15am to 12:20pm Tuesday to Friday and 7:30am to 12:20pm Saturday.

The western platform was demolished in 2007.

On all Adelaide Metro rail network maps (in most carriages), you can see the gaps on the Belair line map where this, and other disused stations on the Belair line, have been removed.

[edit] References and notes

^ The platform on the western side of the line was demolished in 2007.

South Australian Railways Working Timetable Book No. 265, effective from 10:00am, 30 June 1974

[edit] See also

v • d • e Belair railway line, Adelaide

Adelaide - Mile End - Keswick - Goodwood - Millswood (disused) - Unley Park - Hawthorn (disused) - Mitcham - Torrens Park - Clapham (disused) - Lynton - Eden Hills - Coromandel - Blackwood - Glenalta - Pinera - Belair