Bridgewater railway station

Bridgewater
Location	Mill Road, Bridgewater
Coordinates	35°00′30″S 138°45′37″E / 35.0083°S 138.7603°E / -35.0083; 138.7603Coordinates: 35°00′30″S 138°45′37″E / 35.0083°S 138.7603°E / -35.0083; 138.7603
Operated by	State Transport Authority
Line(s)	Adelaide-Wolseley
Distance	37.66 kilometres from Adelaide
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Status	Closed
History
Closed	23 September 1987
Services
Preceding station   TransAdelaide   Following station Carripook toward Adelaide Bridgewater line Terminus Carripook toward Adelaide Adelaide-Wolseley line Yantaringa toward Wolseley

Bridgewater railway station was located on the Bridgewater line, serving the Adelaide Hills suburb of Bridgewater. It was located 37.6 km from Adelaide station.

History[]

Bridgewater station opened in the 1880s and was the terminus of the now defunct Bridgewater line.^[1] It consisted of three platforms, all of which are now demolished. Platform 1 was a side platform that was 140 metres long, and platforms 2 and 3 were an island platform 170 metres long. On 1 March 1978, the station became the eastern boundary of the State Transport Authority network.

The station building on the main platform was burned down by arsonists in 1983. The station closed on 23 September 1987, when the State Transport Authority withdrew services on the route between Belair and Bridgewater. The offices and island platform were demolished around 1990, while the brick relay console and main platform were demolished in November 2006. A small part of the platform fencing, light poles, and the dirt mound that was once the platform are all that remain of the station.

References[]

• South Australian Railways Working Timetable Book No. 265 effective 10:00am, Sunday, 30 June 1974

External links[]

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