Hendon railway line

Hendon Line
Overview
Status Closed and removed
Locale Adelaide, South Australia
Coordinates 34°52′47″S 138°30′53″E / 34.8797°S 138.5146°E / -34.8797; 138.5146Coordinates: 34°52′47″S 138°30′53″E / 34.8797°S 138.5146°E / -34.8797; 138.5146
Termini Adelaide
Hendon
Operation
Opened 1940
Closed 1980
Technical
Line length 10.2 km (6.3 mi)
Number of tracks Double track to Woodville
Single track to Albert Park
Closed from Albert Park (formerly single track to Hendon)
Route map

Legend
 0.0 Adelaide
 Belair, Noarlunga & Tonsley lines
 River Torrens
 Gawler line
7.5 Woodville
 Outer Harbor line
9.1 Albert Park
 Grange line
 Clark Terrace
 10.2 Hendon closed 1980

The Hendon railway line was a railway in western Adelaide that was used mainly for industrial purposes in the mid 20th century. The line branched from Albert Park station on the Grange line, and ran for 1.1 kilometres with just one further station, the terminus Hendon. There is no evidence of the station or track left. The eastern end of West Lakes Boulevard now covers most of the path of the track. The terminus station was adjacent to the east side of Tapleys Hill Road.[1]

History

The line opened in 1940 to serve nearby factories at Hendon during World War II. The station was an island platform with sidings but the track was single for the entire length. After the war, rail traffic declined and passenger services at Hendon was reduced to morning and peak-hours only providing services to residents and workers of factories established in the old munitions factories, including Philips Electrical Industries and the South Australian Brush Company. Hendon station and the line closed on 1 February 1980 and the track has since been removed.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Map 6" (Map). Street Directory of Adelaide and Suburbs. Fuller's. 1940. Retrieved 11 April 2016 – via The Map Shop.
  2. ↑ "The Hendon Branch Line" Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin September 2002 pp323-327
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