Millswood railway station

Millswood
Southbound view of the station platform, March 2018
General information
Location	251 Goodwood Rd Kings Park SA 5034
Coordinates	34°57′32″S 138°35′26″E / 34.958804°S 138.590602°E / -34.958804; 138.590602
Owned by	Department for Infrastructure & Transport
Operated by	Adelaide Metro
Line(s)	Belair
Distance	5.9 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Adelaide
Platforms	1 Side platform
Tracks	2 (1 broad gauge, 1 standard gauge)
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	18719 (to City) 18720 (to Belair)
Website	Adelaide Metro
History
Opened	1910s
Closed	28 April 1995
Rebuilt	12 October 2014
Services
Preceding station Adelaide Metro Following station Goodwood towards Adelaide Belair line Unley Park towards Belair

Millswood railway station is located on the Belair line in Adelaide.^[1] Situated in the Adelaide suburb of Millswood, it is 5.9 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Adelaide station.

The station opened circa 1910.^{[citation needed]} The platforms were constructed of earth-filled concrete each side of the dual tracks, which were both broad gauge until 1995. There were timber framed, iron clad open passenger shelters on each platform. The two outbound Unley Park and Hawthorn stations had similar shelters. A ticket office was provided on the Up (western) platform until being demolished in 1985, and the original shelters were removed in March 1988 and replaced with the bus stop type shelters seen at some stations on the TransAdelaide network.

Millswood station closed on 28 April 1995, simultaneously with stations at Clapham and Hawthorn despite criticism from nearby residents, with the conversion of the Adelaide-Wolseley line to standard gauge under the One Nation programme.^[2] A number of reasons were quoted as justification for the closures, including poor patronage,^[3] the excessive number of stations between Goodwood and Lynton and their proximity to each other, and the impracticability of a single-line working with so many stations and so few crossing points. The western platform was later demolished in 2007.^{[citation needed]}

In August 2013, moves were made towards the reopening of Millswood station, with the Transport Department launching an investigation into the proposal.^[4] In the leadup to the 2014 State Election, the Labor State Government promised to reopen the station for a 12-month trial from 1 July 2014 if it was returned.^[5] Upgrade works at the station subsequently commenced in July 2014 at a cost of $500,000,^[6] but the initial draft timetable for the station only included every second peak-hour train not stopping at the reopened platform.^[7] The station reopened on 12 October 2014 for a 12-month trial.^[8] The trial was deemed successful, and the station was reopened permanently.^[9]

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  Southbound platform - looking south,
  March 2018
• 
  Southbound platform - looking south,
  August 2008
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  Southbound platform - looking north,
  August 2008
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  Looking south,
  August 2008
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  Looking north,
  August 2008
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  Goodwood Road underpass - northbound, August 2008

• Media related to Millswood railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Photos of Millswood station between 1984-1988 Flickr gallery