Pinera railway station

Pinera
Railways in Adelaide - List of railway stations
Train services
Belair Line
Location
Street Main Road
Suburb Belair
Distance from Adelaide 20.2 km
Access by Pedestrian overpass
Number of platforms 1
History
Opened 1920s
Transfers
Train transfer None
Bus transfer 173 to Blackwood
196 to Blackwood
893 to Aldgate & Blackwood
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Pinera railway station is located on the Belair line in the Adelaide southern foothills suburb of Belair, 20.2 kilometres from Adelaide station.[1]

Pinera was opened in the 1920s as Overway Bridge. The name was derived from the bridge which carries Main Road over a cutting immediately west of the station. The cutting came about when the former No. 5 Tunnel was opened as a result of the duplication of the line between Eden Hills and Belair during the 1920s. The station was renamed Pinera in the 1950s.

In 1995, the inbound line was converted to standard gauge as part of the One Nation Adelaide-Melbourne line gauge conversion project. At some stage the eastern platform was demolished.

References

  1. Belair timetable Adelaide Metro 12 October 2014

External links

Media related to Pinera railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 35°00′03″S 138°37′27″E / 35.0008°S 138.6242°E / -35.0008; 138.6242

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