Tonsley railway station
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Tonsley railway station is located on the Flinders line in the south-western Adelaide suburb of Tonsley, 12.2 kilometres from Adelaide station. The original station was 13 kilometres from Adelaide and was the terminus of the line from its opening in 1966 until the station's closure in 2019; the station was then relocated to its current position and opened in 2020.
History
The original station opened on 1 July 1966 when the Tonsley line opened.<ref>Early Starts on SAR Industrial Spur and Standard Gauge Lime-Sand Line Railway Transportation September 1964 page 7</ref><ref>New SAR Suburban Branch Opened Railway Transportation July 1966 page 5</ref><ref>Focus Railway Gazette 5 August 1966 page 591</ref> Trains operated between 07:00 and 19:00 on weekdays, with no weekend services.<ref>Seaford & Tonsley timetable Adelaide Metro 20 July 2014</ref>
To allow for extension of the railway to Flinders, Tonsley station closed on 28 June 2019 and was later demolished.<ref name="keam">Keam, Patrick. (13 December 2017). "Fight to block station closure", CoastCity Weekly, p14.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The site of the former station is now occupied by the start of a viaduct that continues the railway over Sturt Road and Main South Road to terminate at Flinders station, adjacent to the Flinders Medical Centre.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was built concurrently with the associated Darlington Upgrade Project.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="EtheridgeJune2017">Etheridge, Michelle. (7 June 2017). "Uni’s village people", CoastCity Weekly, p1.</ref>
The replacement of Tonsley station with Flinders station was contested by local residents, who submitted a petition to keep Tonsley station.<ref name="keam" /> The Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure published a revised plan which would see a new Tonsley station built concurrently with the Flinders extension; located immediately south of Alawoona Avenue before the elevated section of track, the new Tonsley station replaces Clovelly Park station in serving the Tonsley Development Precinct and associated housing development.<ref name="Etheridge">Etheridge, Michelle. (28 February 2018). "New station on track", CoastCity Weekly, p5.</ref> The new Tonsley railway station opened on 29 December 2020.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Platforms and services
Flinders has one side platform and is serviced by Adelaide Metro. Trains are scheduled every 30 minutes, with additional services in the morning and evening peak on weekdays.
| Platform | Destination/s |
|---|---|
| style="background:#Template:Rcr" |1 | Flinders/Adelaide |