From 25 August 2024, train services will be operational on the new spur rail line into Port Dock following a $51 million rebuild.
Outer Harbor services will be changing to accommodate these new services.
The newly established spur line, which runs from the existing Outer Harbor line at Grand Junction Road, will provide rail services for those who already call the area home and the many more set to live, work and visit Port Adelaide into the future.
As part of the project, a new Port Dock Railway Station and plaza at Baker Street, and bus interchange at the existing Lipson Street car park has also been established.
Testing of the rail signalling system has been underway since June 2024 and has been a vital part of the project to return trains along the re-established line to Port Dock Railway Station.
Customers are reminded to keep these simple points in mind when near trains and rail lines:
- Stay alert and look both ways. Check for oncoming trains in both directions (not just the one nearest you).
- Be sensible and alert. Only cross tracks at dedicated pedestrian crossings.
- Avoid distractions. Remember to put your mobile phone away and always remove headphones when you are near train tracks.
- Take extra care around crossings with multiple tracks, high train frequency, or where there are no gates or signals.
The new spur line will run from the existing Outer Harbor line at Grand Junction Road to provide rail services between Port Dock Railway Station and Adelaide.
Port Dock services will operate every 30 minutes on weekdays and weekends, stopping at all stops.
Outer Harbor services will continue to operate every 30 minutes across the current operating span of hours. Services will be changed as follows:
Weekday and weekend services before 8:20 pm:
Services will stop at all stops between Outer Harbor and Alberton in both directions.
Services will then skip Cheltenham, but stop at St Clair and Woodville, and then become an express service to Adelaide Railway Station (except the last service from Outer Harbor to Adelaide on the weekends which will stop at all stations between Woodville and Adelaide).
Weekday services after 8:20 pm:
After 8:20 pm, services travelling from Outer Harbor to Adelaide will be stopping at all stations at the below times:
- 8:20 pm
- 9:20 pm
- 10:20 pm
- 11:20 pm
- 12:20 am
- 12:50 am
All other times, and all routes travelling from Adelaide to Outer Harbor will continue as express services (except the first AM service from Adelaide to Outer Harbor which will stop at all stations).
Peak periods will be supplemented by additional services between Osborne and Adelaide.
Frequency:
Service frequency will change between Woodville and Adelaide on weekdays and weekends.
Grange services will operate every 30 minutes on weekdays, then every 60 minutes from approximately 8:00 pm on weekdays, and every 60 minutes on weekends across the same current operating span of hours. These trips will stop at all stops between Grange and Adelaide.
Several bus routes and timetables have been updated to extend services through to the new bus interchange on Lipson Street.
Some services on Route 115 (City to West Lakes) will be extended as Route 117 services (City to Port Adelaide via West Lakes) to improve access to Port Dock Station. All remaining Route 115 services have been renumbered to Route 117.
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All timetables will display in real time via the Adelaide Metro journey planner.
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Call our Info Line on 1300 311 108, 7am-8pm daily.
