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resulted in the Outer Harbor line becoming the main line, with most trains running to or from Adelaide, with the Semaphore trains then operating as a shuttle service from Glanville. However, during the late 1960s and 1970s, the importance of the passenger facilities decreased. Today, the Overseas
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The goods lines directly into the wharf were disconnected in 1974 when the railway lines approaching Outer Harbor were relocated to the northern side of Lady Ruthven Drive. Goods trains continued to access the wharf by reversing from the north end of the balloon loop. In the mid-1970s, a
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In 1926, a new passenger station with brick buildings was built on the present site and allowed the lines closer to the wharf to concentrate on handling goods traffic. The original station was closer to the wharf than the current station location, in the area now occupied by the modern
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only. As the harbour project reached completion, a station was erected alongside the wharf at Outer Harbor and a passenger service was introduced in late 1907. Outer Harbor opened to ocean-going shipping in January 1908.
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which ran to and from Outer Harbor to connect with the arrival and departure of ocean-going ships. Many of these trains were shunted onto the wharf lines to enable passengers to transfer directly to and from the
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scheme resulted in decommissioning of the balloon loop and the singling of the last three kilometres of track north of
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which around the circumference of the North Haven Golf Course and allowed passenger trains to continue back towards
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was built to service the port area at Outer Harbor. This was an extension of the industrial line at
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were constructed during the first decade of the 20th century. This involved reclamation of
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in 1903 to facilitate this construction. The line was initially single track and used by
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A regular all-stations shuttle service along the peninsula which connected at
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Passenger Terminal is now used only for short stop-overs by occasional
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Rails Through Swamp and Sand – A History of the Port Adelaide Railway
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Stations in (parentheses) are uncommon stops for the listed service
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Several peak-hour local trains between Adelaide and Outer Harbor.
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Before the 1950s, the train service to Outer Harbor comprised:
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North-east bound view from the station platform, with a
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In 1959, increasing traffic from stations along the
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2000 class railcar
North Haven
34°46′42″S 138°29′03″E / 34.7782°S 138.4842°E / -34.7782; 138.4842
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Outer Harbor
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Outer Harbor line
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