West Croydon railway station, Adelaide
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West Croydon | |||||||||||||||||||
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 View of the station, January 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Rosetta Street, West Croydon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Department for Infrastructure & Transport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Adelaide Metro | ||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Grange Outer Harbor Port Dock | ||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 5.1 km from Adelaide | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bus routes | 150, 155, 157 (Port Road) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Overpass Side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 16568 (to City) 18447 (to Outer Harbor, Port Dock & Grange) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Adelaide Metro | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 21 December 1915 | ||||||||||||||||||
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West Croydon railway station is located on the Grange, Outer Harbor and Port Dock lines.[1][2] Situated in the western Adelaide suburb of West Croydon, it is 5.1 kilometres from Adelaide station.
The West Croydon station was developed as a result of a meeting between local residents and the Railway Commissioner in 1914. Initially, the station was to be called York, after a nearby subdivision, but the naming was changed to its current form. In 1910, a subway was built in a grade separation project. The platforms were built over the subway and the station opened on 21 December 1915.
In March 1978, the building on Platform 1 was destroyed by fire, and the ticket office on that platform was immediately closed. The ticket office on Platform 2 closed on 12 December 1980. In 2016, a nearby primary school painted six large signs that were added to the station's south platform as part of a program to decorate stations across Adelaide. Two of the paintings are of Pokémon, while the third displays the continent of Australia.
