Adelaide Parklands Terminal
Railway station in Adelaide, South Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the interstate railway station in Adelaide, Australia. For the suburban railway station in Adelaide, see Adelaide railway station.
Adelaide Parklands Terminal, formerly known as Keswick Terminal, is the interstate passenger railway station in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the only station in the world where passengers can board trains on both north–south and east–west transcontinental routes.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Location | Richmond Road, Keswick Terminal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°56′17″S 138°34′52″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Journey Beyond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Journey Beyond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 3 (1 side, 1 island) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 18 May 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The terminal is north of the suburb of Keswick, 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) by road south-west of the city centre, and adjoins the south-western sector of the West Parklands. It was within the boundary of Keswick until 1987 when, inclusive of adjacent business sites and covering a total area of 56.6 hectares (140 acres), Keswick Terminal was declared a suburb in its own right.[6]