| Jubilee Exhibition Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map of the railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overview | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Closed and removed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Service | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System | South Australian Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator(s) | South Australian Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1887 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1927 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Technical | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Jubilee Exhibition Railway was a railway spur in Adelaide, South Australia. It was built in 1887 from where the Adelaide station currently is to the Jubilee Exhibition Building which stood near Frome Road on what is now part of the University of Adelaide. The line used an existing tunnel under King William Road which had been built in 1854 for horses and cattle to cross the road without disrupting traffic.[1][2] The tunnel is likely the origin of rumours about rail tunnels located under the city of Adelaide.[3] Much of the land where the line once ran has been reused as parts of the University of Adelaide and the Adelaide Festival Centre. There were no stations built. No known evidence of the line remains today.
- ^ Barry, P.J. (October 1998). "The Jubilee Exhibition Railway". Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin. pp. 373–386.
- ^ "Jubilee Railway Line Historical Record". Archived from the original on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ "Rail Page Form: South Australia: Old railway tunnel under city". Railpage Australia. 15 January 2007. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011.