Post World War II Adelaide railway station
520 class steam locomotive sir malcolm barclay-harvey @ adelaide station on 21 may 1978
patronage of country rail services declined through 1950s , 60s more people gained access cars. however, of rural south australia still retained daily passenger trains. many of these services operated air-conditioned bluebird railcars, had been introduced south australian railways 1954 onwards. following destinations served adelaide in 1965:
bute / kadina / wallaroo / moonta
port pirie junction (connection commonwealth railway’s trans-australian railway line kalgoorlie)
hamley bridge / balaklava
blyth / gladstone / wilmington
riverton / burra / terowie (connection peterborough & broken hill)
kapunda / eudunda / robertstown
nuriootpa / angaston / truro
murray bridge / tailem bend / barmera / loxton / waikerie
the overland melbourne
naracoorte / mount gambier / kingston se
mount barker / strathalbyn / victor harbor / milang
morphett vale / mclaren vale / willunga
in march 1978, south australia railways divided between 2 owners. federal government owned australian national (an) took on ownership , operation of country lines outside adelaide metropolitan area. state government owned state transport authority (sta) retained suburban routes around adelaide, including ownership , operation of adelaide station. anl s longer distance trains continued arrive , depart adelaide station several years, paying access charge sta, until s new keswick passenger terminal opened on 18 may 1984, kilometre or 2 west of adelaide city centre in industrial suburb. adelaide station served suburban trains.
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