Northfield railway line

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Northfield railway line
Overview
Locale	Adelaide, South Australia
Termini	Adelaide Northfield
History
Opened	1 June 1857
Closed	1987
Technical
Line length	14.3 km (8.9 mi)
Number of tracks	Quadruple track to Torrens Junction Double track to Dry Creek Closed from Dry Creek (formerly single track)
Route map 14.9 Stockade Northfield (original site) 1857–1961 Briens Road 14.3 Northfield 1961–87 Main North Road 12.9 Pooraka Abattoirs sidings Metropolitan Abattoirs 12.1 Cavan Port Wakefield Road Churchill Road North Dry Creek Gawler line This diagram: view talk edit

The Northfield railway line (formerly Stockade railway line) was a railway in northern Adelaide running Dry Creek and Northfield. The line branched east from the Gawler railway line just north of Dry Creek station. In earlier years, it saw mixed freight including livestock in and meat out of the Gepps Cross abattoirs and sale yards. In its later years, it was operated as part of the metropolitan passenger rail network and served three stations: Cavan, Pooraka, and Northfield.