Draper railway station, Adelaide
Railway station in Adelaide, South Australia
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Draper railway station is located on the Outer Harbor line.[1] Situated in the north-western Adelaide suburb of Largs North, it is 17.2 kilometres from Adelaide station.
Draper | |||||||||||
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| Location | Railway Terrace, Largs North | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°48′51″S 138°29′56″E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Department for Infrastructure & Transport | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Adelaide Metro | ||||||||||
| Line | Outer Harbor | ||||||||||
| Distance | 17.2 km from Adelaide | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bus routes | 150 (Port Road) | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Cycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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History
It is unclear when this station opened.
Draper is one of the few stations in Adelaide not named after a current suburb. Draper was a suburb or locality to the north of Largs Bay Estate and south of Taperoo and Osborne, in what is now Largs North.[2] One, as yet, unsourced report suggests Draper was named after a drapery that used to exist nearby (corner of Strathfield Terrace and Victoria Road). In the mid 1980s, the drapery closed and the site has housed a number of different shops since including a pet shop and a fish shop. The shop was recently demolished, to make way for housing.[citation needed]
On 22 August 2024, a 53-year-old man was struck and killed by a northbound train near the station after assaulting staff at a shop and vet on Strathfield Terrace and stealing a packet of sugar. The line was shut down for hours with trains terminating at Glanville and Alberton.[3][4]
Services by platform
| Platform | Lines | Destinations | Notes |
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| 1 | Outer Harbor | all stops services to Outer Harbor | some peak hour services terminate at Osborne |
| 2 | Outer Harbor | all stops services to Adelaide |