GMH Elizabeth railway station
GMH Elizabeth railway station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Kettering Road Elizabeth South | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°44′37″S 138°39′13″E / 34.7437°S 138.6537°E | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Gawler Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 22.5 kilometres (14.0 miles) from Adelaide railway station | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 31 May 1959 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1992 | ||||||||||
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GMH Elizabeth railway station, located on an industrial spur into the General Motors Holden automotive manufacturing site in the northern Adelaide suburb of Elizabeth South, was in use for 33 years between 1959 and 1992. The line into the factory departed from the Gawler line, 1.3 kilometres (0.8 miles) north of Nurlutta station, equidistant between there and Elizabeth South station.[1][2] The last passenger service occurred in August 1992; subsequently all infrastructure was demolished and most of the track was lifted.
About 500 metres (550 yards) from its starting point at the mainline, the line diverged into eight factory sidings that extended a further 450 metres (490 yards) south.[3] Passenger platforms were of wooden step-down construction.
As an industrial destination, the station was served by railcars at factory shift changes, which usually ran express to nearby Salisbury and on to Adelaide railway station. Freight trains, mainly comprising automotive carriers that transported vehicle bodies to GMH in Melbourne, operated on demand.
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| GMH Elizabeth track plan, late 1980s | Loading vehicle bodies for further assembly in Melbourne | Railcars waiting for shift-change passengers, March 1982 |
References
- ^ "Route Information - Salisbury to Gawler". www.comrails.com. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ "Historic Australian Rail Maps". railmaps.com.au. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ GMH Elizabeth (Map). Adelaide: State Transport Authority (South Australia). c. 1990 – via National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide.