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| • | Belair Railway Station is in the Adelaide Hills, 21.5km by train from Adelaide, and on the main interstate railway between Adelaide and Melbourne. The station is also the terminus of one of Adelaide's broad gauge suburban routes, the Belair line.
Belair is a scenic location on the edge of the Belair National Park and the station has a number of historic preserved buildings. In past years, many people travelled by train to Belair at weekends to enjoy the adjacent National Park. The large 1890's vintage wooden shelter on Platform 1 was built for these crowds. There were other facilities at the station such as a refreshment room, now long gone.
Until 1987 suburban trains ran further into the Adelaide Hills as far as the town of Bridgewater. The Bridgewater trains were withdrawn in 1987, attributed to high cost of operation and low passenger numbers. Stations beyond Belair were closed and all suburban trains now terminate at Belair.
In 1995 the main line from Adelaide to Melbourne was converted from Broad Gauge (1600mm) to Standard Gauge (1435mm). This prevented any restoration of local trains to Bridgewater or beyond. Between Adelaide and Belair, the former double track route became two parallel single lines - one Broad Gauge for suburban railcars, the other Standard Gauge for interstate freight.
Along with this conversion stations at Millswood, Hawthorn, Mile End Goods and Clapham were closed, while Unley Park, Torrens Park, Lynton, Eden Hills, Coromandel, Glenalta, Pinera and Belair each had one platform closed.
Source: [wikipedia: belair railway station, adelaide]
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