Aldgate railway station, Adelaide

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Aldgate Railways in Adelaide - Commuter Railway Station
Station overview
Train Services
Bridgewater (Disused)
Location
Street	Mount Barker Road
Suburb	Aldgate
Distance from Adelaide	~34.5km
Access by	n/a (Station closed)
Frequency
Hi-Frequency Station	n/a
Peak Frequency	n/a
Weekday Frequency	n/a
Weekend Frequency	n/a
Night Frequency	n/a
Facilities
Real Rail Time Display	No
Real Rail Time Speaker	No
Number of Platforms	1 (Not in use)
Platform Layout	Side Platform
Toilets	No
Car Parking	No
Bike Storage	No
Lounge	No
Kiosk	No
Wheelchair access	No
Other facilities	Community Centre
History
Opened	1883
Rebuilt	unknown
Closed	1987
Transfers
Train transfer	None
Bus transfer	None
Adjacent Stations
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For the train station in London, see Aldgate tube station.

Aldgate railway station is a railway station on the former Bridgewater railway line in the Adelaide Hills suburb of Aldgate, South Australia. It was located 34.5km by railway from Adelaide Railway Station. This station was very similar to Blackwood; the station building and shelter was the same. It was closed on 26th July 1987.

At the time of closure, Aldgate had three platforms. Platform 1 (a stand alone platform) was 151.2 metres long and Platforms 2 and 3 (an island platform) were 149.4 metres long. The island platform was demolished in the 1990's, but the main stand-alone platform remains in place (although no longer in use). A crossing loop was provided, but was removed when the Adelaide-Melbourne line was converted to standard gauge in 1995.

The station building is now used as the Aldgate Community Centre.

[edit] References

Callaghan WH. The overland railway. ARHS NSW, St James. 1992.
South Australian Railways Working Timetable Book No. 265 effective 10:00am, Sunday, 30 June 1974.