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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Between Noarlunga and Seaford, the Seaford railway line crosses the Onkaparinga River valley via a rather striking 1.2 km long concrete bridge. This is the longest bridge on the Adelaide Metro network, by a considerable margin!

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the Onkaparinga Valley Bridge

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 04/10/2026

It's the most 👏👏 wonderful time 👏👏 of the year 👏👏 (that is, getting to blow the minds of a few people who don't yet know how unhinged Australian daylight savings is)

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

the DIT has released concept designs for the Park 'n' Ride at Torrens Park station. this is what $7M worth of ashphalt looks like i guess? dit.sa.gov.au/infrastructu...

concept design for the Park 'n' Ride at Torrens Park

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

the DIT has released concept designs for the Park 'n' Ride at Torrens Park station. this is what $7M worth of ashphalt looks like i guess? dit.sa.gov.au/infrastructu...

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the Onkaparinga Valley Bridge

YouTube video by Lily Pratt

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

NOARLUNGA CENTRE, 30.2 km from Adelaide, is a major interchange serving Adelaide’s outer southern suburbs. As of 2025 it is the fifth busiest station in the network, behind Adelaide, Seaford, Mawson Lakes, and Salisbury. (1/7)

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Ben Lever @benleverau.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Doesn't need to be anything too wild. The investment in V/Line in the last ~25 years acts as a perfect template - just do that and watch the passenger numbers grow.

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Ben Lever @benleverau.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Seems clear to me that it is no longer a train in terminal decline, there is latent demand for rail travel on this corridor, and if a government (Vic, SA, Fed or some combination) invested in it, it could be a real success.

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Ben Lever @benleverau.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Edwin over at Hot Rails has gotten his hands on some juicy stats for the Overland hotrails.net/2026/08/the-...

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The Overland Patronage – 2026 Update – Hot Rails

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

CHRISTIE DOWNS, 28.9 km from Adelaide, is a station in Adelaide’s outer southern suburbs. It has two side platforms with brightly decorated shelters of a very old design. (1/4)

The back of the shelter on the down platform at Christie Downs station, with a colourful design painted on it with the name "Christie Downs" and a couple of trains.

Station name board at Christie Downs station, with the greenery of Niipu-niipu Wama visible behind it.

Southbound view of the station, from the end of the down platform. The railway has a very visible curve through the station.

Shelter on the up platform, brightly decorated with blue, red, and purple flower designs (and graffiti).

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

CHRISTIE DOWNS, 28.9 km from Adelaide, is a station in Adelaide’s outer southern suburbs. It has two side platforms with brightly decorated shelters of a very old design. (1/4)

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The former oil refinery to the west of Lonsdale station is being developed into housing via the Port Stanvac project. This is a promising use of this land; hopefully the station will be well integrated into the new community. (4/4) www.mab.com.au/projects/com...

Map of the Port Stanvac housing project, as released by developer MAB

Artist's render of the Port Stanvac housing project, as released by developer MAB

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

LONSDALE, 26.7 km from Adelaide, is a station in an industrial pocket of Adelaide’s outer southern suburbs. It has two side platforms with modern shelters, having a similar design to many others on the line. (1/4)

View of the platform shelter roof at Lonsdale station, showing the "Lonsdale" station name prominently displayed

Northbound view of Lonsdale station, from the down (south-bound) platform

The platform shelter on the up (city/north-bound) platform of Lonsdale station, with the stacks of Lonsdale Power Station visible in the distance behind it

Kiss & Go sign on the up (city-bound) platform at Lonsdale station, with the platform shelter, stairs to the pedestrian bridge, and the other platform visible behind it

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I also wrote up some code to plot the data for each route, using the location data for each stop. Here the area of each circle is proportional to the number of boardings at the stop. I've annotated the busiest sections of each route.

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Adelaide Metro has publicly available data on card validations (i.e. passenger numbers), separated by day, route and stop - data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset... Here's the data sorted for the most frequently used routes in the system: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Screenshot from a spreadsheet, showing the top 19 most used routes in Adelaide Metro's network for 2025.

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Daniel Bowen @danielbowen.au · 23/07/2026

Everyone knows about this already, right? Just in case not: at 2pm AEST on Monday all phones in #Australia will receive a test alert message, part of testing the new AusAlert system. The only way to avoid it is to turn your phone off, or onto Aeroplane mode. www.ausalert.gov.au/...

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

HALLETT COVE BEACH, 22.9 km from Adelaide, is a major station serving Adelaide’s outer southern suburbs. It has two side platforms underneath a large shelter, with a similar design to neighbouring Hallett Cove station’s shelter. (1/5)

View of platform 2 at Hallett Cove Beach, with the station name displayed along with "Adelaide 🡢"

Hallett Cove Beach station, viewed from the up end of platform 1.

Hallett Cove Beach station, viewed from the up end of platform 2.

Hallett Cove Beach station, seen from the bridge over the railway at The Cove Rd, as EMU set 4016 heads down (southward) into the station

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Fun fact: Hallett Cove Beach station is 1 of only 3 train stations in Australia named “Beach”. The other two are Brighton Beach and Williamstown Beach in Melbourne. If we include trams we have Newcastle Beach in Newcastle, and Main Beach on the Gold Coast.

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

HALLETT COVE, 21.4 km from Adelaide, is a station in Adelaide’s outer southern suburbs. It has two side platforms underneath a large shelter, which was constructed in 2010 (before the line was electrified). (1/4)

Platform 2 of Hallett Cove station, as seen from platform 1.

Looking down at Hallett Cove station from next to the pedestrian footbridge. An electric train is stopped at platform 2.

A view of Hallett Cove station from the pedestrian crossing north of the station.

Hallett Cove station, looking south from platform 1. Electric train 4001 (class leader!) is stopped at the platform.

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The Coast to Vines Rail Trail follows the Seaford line past the station. Just south of here it diverges from the Seaford line, to continue along the alignment of the old Willunga line, which was closed in 1969. (3/4)

Coast to Vines Rail Trail, north of Hallett Cove station. The shared path can be seen heading off into the distance. In the foreground, a signpost reads:
"Coast to Vines Rail Trail
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Marion Rail Station 2.7 km
Glade Cresent [sic] Reserve
Hallett Cove School 0.7 km
Hallett Cove Skate Park 0.2 km

Sign on the northern end of Hallett Cove station detailing the route of the Coast to Vines Rail Trail heading south past the station: past the western side (platform 2 / up platform), over the pedestrian bridge on the southern end of the station, then heading south, between the commuter carpark and the railway line

Coast to Vines Rail Trail, just south of Hallett Cove station. The railway can be seen on the right. On the left a sign reads "Beware of snakes".

Coast to Vines Rail Trail, further south of Hallett Cove station where the trail diverges eastwards away from the rail line.

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Railmaps @railmaps.com.au · 12/07/2026

Remains of the traditional SAR white-on-black station nameboard from the original Hallett('s) Cove station on the Willunga line. And a view looking back along the original alignment towards the new (current) Hallett Cove station, both pics April 10, 1985.

HALLETT COVE station nameboard lying in the dry grass in front of a thistle, with an oil refinery and ocean in the background on the horizon.

Disused rail alignment curving away to the right with the ocean on the horizon.

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Railmaps @railmaps.com.au · 12/07/2026

Hallett Cove station, April 10, 1985.

A rudimentary two platform station on a double track broad gauge railway.

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

adelaide metro that is all the routes wtf are you doing?!

screenshot of an email from Adelaide Metro with a "Real Time Outage" on All The Routes

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

MARINO ROCKS, 18.9 km from Adelaide, is a small station in Adelaide’s southern suburbs. It has 2 side platforms with shelters from an older design; similar shelters can be found on other rail lines such as at West Croydon. (1/6)

Small station name board at Marino Rocks station.

Southwest bound view from the down platform. Electric train 4013 is about to depart the station.

The platform shelter on the down platform. A sign on the shelter says "Seaford 🡢".

Northeast bound view of Marino Rocks station, from the down platform.

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

MARINO, 18.3 km from Adelaide, is a small station in a leafy pocket of Adelaide’s southern suburbs. The island platform has a similar shelter to many others on the Seaford line, as well as a very nice passenger info display (PID). (1/6)

The station name board at Marino station. Behind it a 4000 series electric train leaves the station heading south. The back of the name board can be seen in the reflection from the train's windows.

Platform shelter at Marino station, looking up to the roof from underneath.

Passenger info display (PID) at Marino station, with the shelter visible behind it.

View of the platform at Marino station, looking north. The station name board is visible in the foreground, with the platform shelter in the distance.

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Every hometown’s got the ominous megastructure, what’s yours?

the SAMHRI building opposite Adelaide Uni's City West campus. aka "the cheesegrater"

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Every hometown’s got the ominous megastructure, what’s yours?

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

fun fact: the Rosetta Street underpass has a 3.0 m height clearance, exactly the same as Melbourne's infamous Montague Street Bridge (howmanydayssincemontaguestreetbridgehasbeenhit.com) this is on a much quieter road though, never heard of this bridge decapitating trucks

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How Many Days Since The Montague Street Bridge Has Been Hit?

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jonowee @jonowee.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

This 3.0 metre clearance, is a trap! Long wheelbase and you can ride both ramps into the railbridge.

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

WEST CROYDON, 5.1 km from Adelaide, is another small station serving an inner northwestern suburb, this time West Croydon. It has two side platforms with some small, relatively old shelters. (1/3)

Station name board at West Croydon station

Diesel battery hybrid railcar 3138 leaving West Croydon station, with the platform and station name board visible behind it

Platform shelter on the down platform at West Croydon

Platform shelter on the up platform at West Croydon

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Progress update: I've photographed 18 of Adelaide's 89 railway stations.

the current official Adelaide Metro rail network map, with 18 of the stations (Adelaide, plus Mile End to Sea Cliff and Bowden to West Croydon) marked with a green tick.

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

WEST CROYDON, 5.1 km from Adelaide, is another small station serving an inner northwestern suburb, this time West Croydon. It has two side platforms with some small, relatively old shelters. (1/3)

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Railmaps @railmaps.com.au · 18/06/2026

Shameless plug for my Adelaide Rail Map used in this episode (including trams and O-Bahn). railmaps.com.au/adelaide.htm

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Railmaps @railmaps.com.au · 18/06/2026

#RailNatter is back! And it's another Australian episode, this time taking a look at Adelaide. There's train, tram and bus footage from moi, and @garethdennis.uk does an interesting segment on the political origins and implications of the O-Bahn. youtu.be/MAl83iB10Uc?...

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The hidden history of Adelaide's weird transport | #Railnatter 309

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

CROYDON, 4.2 km from Adelaide, is a small station serving the inner northwestern suburb of Croydon. (1/5)

Underside of the roof of the platform shelter at Croydon station.

View of the platform shelter on the down (northwest-bound) platform at Croydon station, as seen from the other platform.

Dramatic view along the edge of the down platform at Croydon station, as seen from the up (southeastern) end.

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

CROYDON, 4.2 km from Adelaide, is a small station serving the inner northwestern suburb of Croydon. (1/5)

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

BOWDEN, 2.4 km from Adelaide, is perched on the edge of Adelaide’s Parklands, and serves the inner suburb of Bowden. It was rebuilt in 2018 during the Torrens Junction project, with a trench now carrying the line under the Gawler line, the Port Augusta freight line, and the R1 ring road. (1/7)

Underside of the roof of the platform shelter at Bowden station.

Gibson St entrance to Bowden Station, with a prominent "Bowden Station" sign behind a zebra crossing. The station and the railway tracks are visible in the distance behind the sign.

Looking northwest along the down platform at Bowden station, with the platforms, shelters, tracks and the Field St pedestrian bridge all visible.

Hybrid diesel railcars 3019 and 3020 passing through Bowden station.

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

(note: my journey down the Seaford line was stymied by rainy weather and an untimely Seaford/Belair line occupation, so I've detoured to the Port line. my trip southwards will continue once the weather clears)

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Every Adelaide Station @every-adl-station.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

the state budget, released this week, has barely any funding for rail projects (because it's all being spent on the T2D road project) - but there is some money for battery trains on the Belair line, and a carpark at Torrens Park station www.statebudget.sa.gov.au/our-budget/i...

TORRENS PARK PARK ‘N’ RIDE

$7 million over three years to build a new Park ‘n’ Ride at Torrens Park railway station to improve access to public transport for commuters in the area.

BATTERY ELECTRIC TRAIN TRIAL

$3.5 million over three years for a battery‑powered passenger train trial operated on the Belair rail line, providing a cleaner, greener and quieter service.

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