Gawler line

Gawler line
Gawler railway station
Overview
Locale	Adelaide, South Australia
Termini	Adelaide Gawler Central
Stations	27
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Operator(s)	Adelaide Metro
Rolling stock	3000/3100 class (1987–2023) 4000 class (2022–)
Daily ridership	21,000[1]
History
Opened	1857 (to Gawler) 1911 (to Gawler Central)
Re-sleepered (concrete)	June–September 2010 (to Mawson Lakes) September 2011 – March 2012 (to Gawler Central)
Electrified	2020–2022
Closed	24 December 2020
Reopened	12 June 2022
Technical
Line length	42.2 km (26.2 mi)
Number of tracks	2 (to Gawler) 1 (to Gawler Central)
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC from overhead catenary (2022–)
Route map Legend km to Penrice (Aurizon) Edith Street Murray Street 42.2 Gawler Central end of suburban network King Street (pedestrian only) Howard Street Victoria Terrace 41.4 Gawler Oval South Para River to Roseworthy (Aurizon) Overway Bridge Road 39.8 Gawler Gawler Depot 39.3 Gawler Racecourse Race days only Barnet Road Para Road 38.3 Evanston Gawler Bypass Tambelin (original site) 1947–86 Clark Road 37.4 Tambelin 34.1 Kudla Dalkeith Road Munno Para (original site) 1978–2012 32.2 Munno Para Curtis Road Anderson Walk 30.2 Smithfield Munitions Store 28.2 Broadmeadows Womma Road 27.3 Womma Winterslow Road 25.8 Elizabeth 24.0 Elizabeth South GMH closed 1992 Tugger Way (private road) 21.6 Nurlutta (to Gawler) Commercial Road 21.5 Nurlutta (to Adelaide) Penfield line to Port Augusta (ARTC) Salisbury Highway 20.2 Salisbury Park Terrace 18.6 Chidda Kings Road 17.7 Parafield 16.6 Parafield Gardens 15.5 Greenfields Elder Smith Road 14.3 Mawson Lakes Port Wakefield Road Aurizon Dry Creek North & South Yards Dry Creek Depot and Control Centre formerly Northfield line junction 10.6 Dry Creek to Port Adelaide Cormack Road Grand Junction Road 6.0 Tube Mills Private freight sidings 7.7 Kilburn Adelaide Freight Terminal Islington Works closed 2000 Islington Railway Workshops Regency Road 6.0 Islington Pym Street 4.9 Dudley Park Belford Avenue 3.6 Ovingham Torrens Road Hawker Street Park Terrace 2.5 North Adelaide Outer Harbor and Grange lines River Torrens to Melbourne Belair, Seaford and Flinders lines Adelaide Depot closed 2011 0.0 Adelaide km broad gauge standard gauge This diagram: view talk edit

The Gawler line, also known as the Gawler Central line, is a suburban commuter railway line in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. The Gawler Line is the most frequent and heavily patronised line in the Adelaide rail network. It is also the only line to have no other interchange with another line except Adelaide.