Adelaide Parklands Terminal, formerly known as Keswick Terminal, is the interstate passenger railway station in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the only station in the world where passengers can board trains on both north-south and east-west transcontinental routes.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Location | Richmond Road, Keswick Terminal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°56′17″S 138°34′52″E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Journey Beyond | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Journey Beyond | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 3 (1 side, 1 island) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 18 May 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The terminal is north of the suburb of Keswick, 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) by road south-west of the city centre, and adjoins the south-western sector of the West Parklands. It was within the boundary of Keswick until 1987 when, inclusive of adjacent business sites and covering a total area of 56.6 hectares (140 acres), Keswick Terminal was declared a suburb in its own right.[6]
The terminal opened on 18 May 1984 as Keswick Terminal (and located near, but not connected to, the now demolished Keswick station). It was developed by Australian National (AN) as a dedicated long-haul passenger rail station, allowing AN to vacate the then State Transport Authority's Adelaide railway station. It was included in the sale of Australian National's passenger operations to Great Southern Rail in 1997.[7]
In June 2008, the station was renamed Adelaide Parklands Terminal[8] following Stage One of a plan to "improve guest comfort and amenity, traffic and passenger movement, food and retail facilities, image, identity, presentation and sustainability".[9]
The terminal was built as a dual gauge station for The Ghan, Indian Pacific and Trans-Australian to the north and The Overland to the south-east – the latter train being on 1600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad-gauge tracks at the time, before conversion to 1435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) in 1995.[10] It was also served by regional trains until all passenger trains outside the Adelaide conurbation had ceased operation by 1990. In 2020 a new passenger train service, the Great Southern to Brisbane, also operated from the terminal.[5] As of 2022[update], these trains were operated by Journey Beyond.[11]
Visiting passenger trains from interstate also visit the terminal, albeit rarely.
Although three suburban rail lines run parallel to the terminal, the nearest suburban railway station is 700 metres (770 yards) to the south. The nearest bus stop is 450 metres (490 yards) away, also to the south.
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