Gawler Central railway station, Adelaide

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Gawler Central Railways in Adelaide - Commuter Railway Station

Station overview
Train Services
Gawler Central (Terminus)
Location
Street	Murray Street King Street Bridge Street North
Suburb	Gawler
Distance from Adelaide	42.2km
Access by	Platform Ramp
Frequency
Hi-Frequency Station	No
Peak Frequency	Every 20-30 Mins
Weekday Frequency	Every 30 Mins
Weekend Frequency	Every 30 Mins
Night Frequency	Every 60 Mins
Facilities
Real Rail Time Display	Yes
Real Rail Time Speaker	Yes
Number of Platforms	1
Platform Layout	1 Side Platform
Toilets	No
Car Parking	Yes
Bike Storage	No
Lounge	No
Kiosk	No
Wheelchair access	Yes
Other facilities	None
History
Opened	1911
Rebuilt	unknown
Closed	unknown
Transfers
Train transfer	None
Bus transfer	None
Adjacent Stations
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Gawler Central Station from the Carpark.

Gawler Central railway station is the terminus railway station on the Gawler railway line which is located in the South Australian town of Gawler. It is located 42.2km by railway from the Adelaide Railway Station. The station was opened in May 1911 and was origanlly named Willaston. It was renamed North Gawler in September 1911. On 12 February 1984 the name was changed to Gawler Central.

In the early 1920's the South Australian Railways decided to extend suburban service to all stations with a 25 mile radius (by rail) of the Adelaide Railway Station. The only exception was North Gawler which is located (by the old measure) 26 miles, 14 chains from Adelaide. North Gawler (now called Gawler Central) has been the terminus of most North Line suburban services ever since.

While Gawler Central is the terminus of the metropolitan passenger service, the track continues east then north into the Barossa Valley. It is used daily by a Penrice Soda Products train carrying limestone from their quarry at Penrice (near Angaston) to their soda ash factory at Osborne.

Gawler Central is also unique as the most northernmost railway station on the Adelaide Metro Rail System, however this will change if plans to extend passenger services north to Lyndoch, Nurioopta and Angaston in the Barossa Valley reach fruition.