OAKLANDS, 12.9 km from Adelaide, is a major station serving the southern suburbs of Oaklands Park and Warradale. (1/9)

i've also overlaid the data on Adelaide Metro's official map! diameter of each station circle is proportional to the number of passengers, except for Adelaide station. (yes, it should probably be *area*, not diameter, but this looked cooler)

Adelaide Metro has publicly available data on card validations (i.e. passenger numbers), separated by day, route and stop - data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset... I've compiled the train station data for 2025 here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Here are the 20 most and least used stations last year:

OAKLANDS, 12.9 km from Adelaide, is a major station serving the southern suburbs of Oaklands Park and Warradale. (1/9)

Adelaide Metro has publicly available data on card validations (i.e. passenger numbers), separated by day, route and stop - data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset... I've compiled the train station data for 2025 here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Here are the 20 most and least used stations last year:

MARION, 11.4 km from Adelaide, is a small leafy station mostly surrounded by suburban housing. (1/6)

Adelaide railway station, 40 years ago!

A view from platform 1 looking across the terminating tracks at Adelaide station, with Redhen 436 on a Hills line train nearest us, then another Redhen on a Noarlunga line run in platform 2, then a 2000-class Jumbo, and in the distance on platform 7 is Redhen 410 and another Redhen on platform 8.

MARION, 11.4 km from Adelaide, is a small leafy station mostly surrounded by suburban housing. (1/6)

in an alterate world where Adelaide Metro adopted Sydney style branding

environmental storytelling

ASCOT PARK, 10.2 km from Adelaide, is a small station surrounded by suburban housing. (1/6)

ASCOT PARK, 10.2 km from Adelaide, is a small station surrounded by suburban housing. (1/6)

WOODLANDS PARK, 9.1 km from Adelaide, is the junction station for the Seaford and Flinders lines. (1/6)

Progress update: I've photographed 8 of Adelaide's 89 railway stations.

WOODLANDS PARK, 9.1 km from Adelaide, is the junction station for the Seaford and Flinders lines. (1/6)

An updated version of my Adelaide train, tram and OBahn map is now online. See it here railmaps.com.au/adelaide.htm or download a pdf version here railmaps.com.au/Adelaide.pdf

Okay CTA. This is a good sign.

If you read the press release it says the design still has another year to go, so I think these are still placeholders. Strange how little focus on over-station development there seems to be. The NW Metro also put a lot of effort into "place making" - I hope to see that repeated.

Westmead is giving Adelaide Festival Centre

EDWARDSTOWN, 7.9 km from Adelaide, is a small station sandwiched between suburban housing and a light industrial area. (1/5)

EDWARDSTOWN, 7.9 km from Adelaide, is a small station sandwiched between suburban housing and a light industrial area. (1/5)

EMERSON, 7.1 km from Adelaide, serves the inner southern suburbs of Black Forest, Clarence Park and Clarence Gardens. It has an island platform, accessed by pedestrian level crossings at either end. (1/7)

EMERSON, 7.1 km from Adelaide, serves the inner southern suburbs of Black Forest, Clarence Park and Clarence Gardens. It has an island platform, accessed by pedestrian level crossings at either end. (1/7)

Platform 2 Secondary platform Contingency boarding place Backup loading location Overflow embarkation point Auxiliary alighting podium Alternate stand Collateral track Subsidiary place The other side

CLARENCE PARK, 6.3 km from Adelaide, is a small station in a leafy pocket of the inner southern suburbs. (1/5)

CLARENCE PARK, 6.3 km from Adelaide, is a small station in a leafy pocket of the inner southern suburbs. (1/5)

Happy election eve, South Australia! We know what's on offer at nearly 1/3 of polling places, but that still leaves many mysteries to solve. If you visit a booth with a grey '?' on the democracysausage.org map, click on it to send a tip-off. Does it have bbq, cake, or nothing at all?

GOODWOOD, 5.0 km from Adelaide, is the junction station for the Belair and Seaford / Flinders lines. It has 3 platforms (2 islands), with a fenced-off “platform 4” facing the Adelaide-Melbourne standard gauge freight line. (1/8)

The rail link through the Adelaide Hills towards Mount Barker, Murray Bridge and Melbourne has been a thorny issue basically since the founding of South Australia. Project Peregrine is a $4-7b proposal to fix this. what do we think of it? www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

GOODWOOD, 5.0 km from Adelaide, is the junction station for the Belair and Seaford / Flinders lines. It has 3 platforms (2 islands), with a fenced-off “platform 4” facing the Adelaide-Melbourne standard gauge freight line. (1/8)

People for Public Transport have released their scorecard for the upcoming state election here in SA. i thought the Labor incumbent gov't response was really disappointing. do you agree with the scores given? there's more details on their website: peopleforpublictransport.com/2026-State-E...

This is a very common pattern on most issues. Greens listen to experts & the community & draft aligned policies. Neither Labor nor Libs want to commit to anything so score mediocre (oppn party slightly better). ON just draft policies diametrically opposed to the Greens.

People for Public Transport have released their scorecard for the upcoming state election here in SA. i thought the Labor incumbent gov't response was really disappointing. do you agree with the scores given? there's more details on their website: peopleforpublictransport.com/2026-State-E...

ADELAIDE SHOWGROUND, 4.0 km from Adelaide, serves the inner suburbs of Wayville and Keswick. The station opened in 2014 when the Seaford and Flinders lines were electrified, making it one of the newest stations in Adelaide’s rail network. (1/7)

“The [Copenhagen] modal split in 1970 was about 10% biking. But then we got the oil crisis…So that was the changing point and now there’s more than a 30% bike modal split.” We can change our cities. Because of the high price of gas, or just because it’s clearly the smart thing to do. #UrbanTruth

emerson crossing, adelaide's dumbest level crossing / intersection

ADELAIDE SHOWGROUND, 4.0 km from Adelaide, serves the inner suburbs of Wayville and Keswick. The station opened in 2014 when the Seaford and Flinders lines were electrified, making it one of the newest stations in Adelaide’s rail network. (1/7)

Don't be screwed by high oil prices. Pantos up! (PR is my passion)

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MILE END, 2.0 km from Adelaide, is perched on the western edge of Adelaide’s Parklands. It is a very basic station with some small shelters on each platform. (1/6)

50 years ago today since AC/DC recorded the video for Long Way To The Top! 🎸🤘 Since then... ✅Cars gone out of Swanston St and Bourke St Mall ✅Most CBD tram stops now accessible 🚋The tram system still needs work on full accessibility, aircon, CCTV, on-road priority, extensions for connectivity.

MILE END, 2.0 km from Adelaide, is perched on the western edge of Adelaide’s Parklands. It is a very basic station with some small shelters on each platform. (1/6)

Here it is! The 300 page 'Business' case for Newcastle to Sydney High Speed Rail. I've not read it yet, that's for the rest of the week. Apart from my antipathy to the whole concept of Business Cases, I'll read it with interest. But normal people won't read it. media.caapp.com.au/pdf/j2IbcN94...

ADELAIDE is the central hub of the Adelaide Metro rail network. Perched between the northern edge of the CBD and the River Torrens, it has 9 terminus platforms. (1/11)

There's the legendary @sydneystations.bsky.social and now @every-adl-station.bsky.social. For some time I've been pondering doing #EveryPerthStation just to prompt me to see more of the network and this city I have lived in for four years (already that many?!). Feel like I really ought to do it

ADELAIDE is the central hub of the Adelaide Metro rail network. Perched between the northern edge of the CBD and the River Torrens, it has 9 terminus platforms. (1/11)

This project will document one man’s quest to find, and photograph, all of Adelaide’s 89 railway stations. (1/5)