Henley Beach railway line
| Henley Beach railway line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The platform facing of the old Grange station on Military Road now serves as a retaining wall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed and removed between Henley Beach station and (old) Grange station; resultant line re-named Grange railway line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Adelaide, South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1882 to Grange, 1894 to Henley Beach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1957 Henley Beach to Grange (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line length | 7.8 km (4.8 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of tracks | Single track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Henley Beach railway line was a single-track branch line, 7.8 kilometres (4.8 miles) long, that ran through several coastal suburbs of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It commenced at Woodville railway station, 7.5 kilometres (4.7 miles) from Adelaide railway station on the Outer Harbor railway line.
The inaugural line, opened in 1882 by a land development company, went as far as Grange. Twelve years later, it was acquired by the government-owned South Australian Railways, which extended it 2.2 kilometres (1.4 miles) to Henley Beach. Some industrial spur lines were built in the first half of the 20th century near its northern end. The Henley Beach–Grange section was closed in 1957; the resulting line, after being upgraded, was named the Grange railway line.
An article on the present-day Grange line is here.