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The Dry Creek to Port Adelaide railway is an eight kilometre east – west line running through Adelaide’s north-western suburbs. The line is managed by the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) and is an important link between Port Adelaide, Pelican Point and the main interstate rail routes which link Adelaide with Melbourne, Perth, Darwin and Sydney. Prior to 1988, a limited local passenger service operated, stopping at five intermediate stations along the line. Since May 1988, the line has been freight-only. The main traffic using the Dry Creek to Port Adelaide line today is: *Intermodal freight trains (import/export containers) *Bulk grain trains from agricultural areas of South Australia for export via Port Adelaide *Other freight trains servicing industrial installations on the Le Fevre Peninsula (such as the Mobil oil terminal) ==Route== The route is mainly single track and is dual gauge throughout. Both broad gauge standard gauge trains regularly use the line. The section between Dry Creek and Gillman Junction is particularly busy, with the ARTC opening a crossing loop at Wingfield in 2009 to help ease delays.〔(New rail loop in memory of a hard working Aussie ) Australian Rail Track Corporation 1 April 2009〕〔(News in Brief 20-26 May 2009 ) ''Rail Express'' 27 May 2009〕 Heading from Dry Creek, the line divides at Gillman Junction. The mainline heads northwest to the eastern bank of the Port River, where another branch heads to the rail yard & wharves at Port Flat.〔(Pelican Point Line ) SA Track & Signal〕〔(D4 Mile End to Dry Creek to Outer Harbor ) Australian Rail Track Corporation〕 The mainline continues over Perkins Drive towards the Mary MacKillop Bridge, over the port river and onto the Lefevre Peninsula. This section of the line was completed in 2008, along with the Port River Expressway project. From here the line follows the western side of the Port River through Birkenhead and Osborne to the new container facility and grain terminal at Pelican Point and wharves at Outer Harbor.〔 The other branch, known as the Rosewater Loop, has been disused since late 2008. The line curves south-west through the suburbs of Ottoway and Rosewater to join Adelaide Metro's suburban line to Outer Harbor at Port Adelaide Junction ('A' Cabin), just north of Alberton.〔(Port Line ) SA Track & Signal〕〔(Cheltenham - Etherton ) SA Track & Signal〕 Trains on this route continued along Adelaide Metro tracks over the Port Adelaide Viaduct and through the stations at Port Adelaide and Ethelton before branching off just south of Glanville station. From Glanville an industrial line, the Birkenhead Loop, followed the southern side of Semaphore Road where it joined the current route just north of the Mary Mackillop Bridge. This line was closed and pulled up in 2008 with the completion of the new line over the Port River. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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