[U/C] Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line

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#421 Post by PD2/20 » Fri May 24, 2024 7:50 pm

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Rail closure - Outer Harbor Partial Line Closure - Saturday 1 to Sunday 2 June 2024.
The Outer Harbor rail line will be partially closed across the first weekend of June, to allow construction works to continue for the Port Dock Railway Line Project.

The line will be temporarily closed between Woodville Railway Station and Outer Harbor Railway Station.

While these works are undertaken, the H1 route will operate as a substitute bus between Woodville and Outer Harbor Railway Stations.
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The track works at the junction and the spur seem to be already complete, so I am wondering if the line closure is to complete the commissioning of the new signalling and its integration into the network signalling centre.

Looking from the Grand Junction bridge there are some short stretches of plain track on wooded sleepers where point work has been removed. from the OH line. White paint markings suggest replacement with concrete sleepers may be imminent.

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#422 Post by MT269 » Fri May 24, 2024 11:59 pm

With another km and a half added, it could rejoin the current OH line near Glanville with a station like Goodwood to facilitate a change of trains. The old alignment could be used for some loop operation, and to provide express services between the CBD and Alberton.

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#423 Post by Norman » Sun May 26, 2024 1:23 am

MT269 wrote:
Fri May 24, 2024 11:59 pm
With another km and a half added, it could rejoin the current OH line near Glanville with a station like Goodwood to facilitate a change of trains. The old alignment could be used for some loop operation, and to provide express services between the CBD and Alberton.

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I don't follow... How would it go from Port Dock to Glanville?

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#424 Post by Spotto » Sun May 26, 2024 2:35 pm

Norman wrote:
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MT269 wrote:
Fri May 24, 2024 11:59 pm
With another km and a half added, it could rejoin the current OH line near Glanville with a station like Goodwood to facilitate a change of trains. The old alignment could be used for some loop operation, and to provide express services between the CBD and Alberton.

But then who gives a ....what I have to say
I don't follow... How would it go from Port Dock to Glanville?
I think he’s one of the people who thinks that extending it over the Port River is possible. Forgetting that this brand new Port Dock station would have to be demolished to build a skyrail that would rise far enough over the river and then cut through the prime real estate being developed on the old docks.

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#425 Post by MT269 » Wed May 29, 2024 12:26 am

Possible? Definitely.

Financially viable, or practical/attractive to voters? Less likely. Enough said.

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#426 Post by SouthAussie94 » Mon Jun 03, 2024 12:04 pm

Test trains have started running
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#427 Post by ChillyPhilly » Mon Jun 03, 2024 1:11 pm

This is due to be completed later in the year, but surely this will be done before schedule.
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#428 Post by PeFe » Mon Jun 03, 2024 1:49 pm

New photos of line construction from Adelaide Metro Facebook page.
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#429 Post by 1NEEDS2POST » Tue Jun 11, 2024 11:00 pm

ChillyPhilly wrote:
Mon Jun 03, 2024 1:11 pm
This is due to be completed later in the year, but surely this will be done before schedule.
It does seem quick. There's only one platform and no space for a second platform. If the Port Dock-Dry Creek railway reopens for passengers, it would have to share the platform.

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#430 Post by I Follow PAFC » Sun Jun 16, 2024 8:00 pm

We can tonight reveal a new train line taking commuters into the heart of Port Adelaide will open within weeks.
9News given EXCLUSIVE access, as the first train hit the track for testing, ending years of derailed promises. #9News

First service will be from August 25.

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#431 Post by abc » Sun Jun 16, 2024 10:45 pm

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Sun Jun 16, 2024 8:00 pm
We can tonight reveal a new train line taking commuters into the heart of Port Adelaide will open within weeks.
9News given EXCLUSIVE access, as the first train hit the track for testing, ending years of derailed promises. #9News

First service will be from August 25.

https://www.facebook.com/9NewsAdelaide/ ... 6832975479

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#432 Post by marbles » Mon Jun 17, 2024 7:54 am

trains every 30 mins wow its gonna be packed lol

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#433 Post by baytram366 » Mon Jun 17, 2024 8:41 am

I thought the exact same thing. 30 minute interval is terrible but I expected nothing less of course from Adelaide Metro. Needs to be a 10 to 15 minute interval especially in peak hour to be worth it.
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#434 Post by ChillyPhilly » Mon Jun 17, 2024 9:23 am

Yikes, 30 mins is a shocker - but also not shocking. Hopefully it can increase as demand rises.
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#435 Post by A-Town » Mon Jun 17, 2024 12:52 pm

The population in and around Port Adelaide is going to increase a fair bit over the next 5 years. Hopefully by then we see at least 15 minute intervals in peak periods.

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