Clovelly Park railway station

Clovelly Park railway station was a railway station located on the Flinders line in the south-western Adelaide suburb of Mitchell Park.

Clovelly Park
General information
LocationKirra Avenue, Mitchell Park
Owned byDepartment of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure
Operated byAdelaide Metro
Line(s)Flinders
Distance12.1 km from Adelaide
Platforms1
Construction
ParkingYes
History
Opened1 July 1966
Closed18 November 2020
Previous namesChrysler Park
Services
Preceding station Adelaide Metro Following station
Former Services
Mitchell Park
towards
Tonsley line Terminus

History

Clovelly Park station opened on 1 July 1966 when the Tonsley line was branched from the Noarlunga Centre line at Ascot Park.[1][2][3] The station was located immediately north of the level crossing at Alawoona Avenue and was named Chrysler Park after the adjoining car factory. On 26 June 1987 it was renamed Clovelly Park after Chrysler Australia and its factory was acquired by Mitsubishi Motors Australia.[4]

The station became the temporary terminus of the Tonsley line between 1 July 2019 and 20 November 2020, following the closure of the original Tonsley station at Sturt Road to facilitate the extension of the line to Flinders.[5][6] As part of the extension project, Clovelly Park was replaced by a relocated Tonsley station built to the immediate south of the adjacent Alawoona Avenue level crossing;[7][8] the new station being better equipped to serve the residential, light industrial and educational Tonsley Innovation District located on the site of the former car factory.

Clovelly Park station was permanently closed after the last service on 20 November 2020 and demolished. The railway line itself was also temporarily closed at that time, with the new Tonsley station, and the extended Flinders railway line, opened on 29 December 2020.

Services by platform
Platform Destinations
1 Adelaide / Tonsley

References
  1. Early Starts on SAR Industrial Spur and Standard Gauge Lime-Sand Line Railway Transportation September 1964 page 7
  2. New SAR Suburban Branch Opened Railway Transportation July 1966 page 5
  3. Focus Railway Gazette 5 August 1966 page 591
  4. Metropolitan Station The Recorder September 1987 page 202
  5. Tonsley station closing Adelaide Metro 6 June 2019
  6. Here & There Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 601 November 1987 page 94
  7. "Flinders Link Project - Report and Attachments" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  8. Etheridge, Michelle. (28 February 2018). "New station on track", CoastCity Weekly, p5.

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