Train testing is now underway on the new spur rail line into Port Dock following a $51 million rebuild.
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 is a vital part of the project to return trains along the re-established line to Port Dock Railway Station.
Services are expected to be operational from Sunday 25 August 2024.
A new Outer Harbor train timetable, as well as updates to timetables for several bus routes will be available from mid-July 2024.
Several bus routes and timetables will also be updated to extend services through to the new bus interchange on Lipson Street.
Port Dock services will operate every 30 minutes on weekdays and weekends. These trips will stop at all stops from Port Dock to/from Adelaide.
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 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 for the last trip of the day, which stops 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. Please refer to new timetables which will be available from mid-July 2024.
Grange services will operate every 30 minutes 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 from Grange to/from Adelaide.
