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[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Posted: Fri May 24, 2024 7:50 pm
by PD2/20
I Follow PAFC wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 11:30 am
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.
https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/about- ... re-in-june
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.
[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Posted: Fri May 24, 2024 11:59 pm
by MT269
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
[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Posted: Sun May 26, 2024 1:23 am
by Norman
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?
[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Posted: Sun May 26, 2024 2:35 pm
by Spotto
Norman wrote: ↑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.
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.
[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 12:26 am
by MT269
Possible? Definitely.
Financially viable, or practical/attractive to voters? Less likely. Enough said.
[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2024 12:04 pm
by SouthAussie94
Test trains have started running
[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2024 1:11 pm
by ChillyPhilly
This is due to be completed later in the year, but surely this will be done before schedule.
[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2024 1:49 pm
by PeFe
New photos of line construction from Adelaide Metro Facebook page.
[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2024 11:00 pm
by 1NEEDS2POST
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.
[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2024 8:00 pm
by I Follow PAFC
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
[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2024 10:45 pm
by abc
I Follow PAFC wrote: ↑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
[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 7:54 am
by marbles
trains every 30 mins wow its gonna be packed lol
[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 8:41 am
by baytram366
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.
[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 9:23 am
by ChillyPhilly
Yikes, 30 mins is a shocker - but also not shocking. Hopefully it can increase as demand rises.
[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 12:52 pm
by A-Town
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.