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The Gawler Central line is a suburban commuter railway line in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the only rail route in Adelaide to have no interchange with another line at any station except Adelaide. ==History== The line was opened in 1857 from Adelaide to Gawler.〔(Bassett Town & the Railway ) Town of Gawler〕 Branches would later be built from Gawler to Angaston, Truro, Morgan, Robertstown, Peterborough, Spalding and Gladstone. Today the line is only served by Adelaide Metro services operated by 2000 and 3000 class railcars operating from Adelaide station to Gawler station.〔(Gawler Central timetable ) Adelaide Metro 4 February 2013〕 The last freight service on the line was the Penrice Stone Train which operated to Penrice until it ceased operating in June 2014.〔(Penrice soda ash plant at Osborne closing ) ''ABC News'' 25 June 2014〕 Between Adelaide and Salisbury, the two broad gauge lines are paralleled by one standard gauge line on the Adelaide to Port Augusta line, from Salisbury to Gawler there are two tracks, with a single track north of Gawler. In 2008, the State Government announced a plan to rebuild the Gawler line in preparation for the line to be electrified with the Federal Government also to provide funding.〔(2008/09 State Budget ) South Australian Department of Treasury & Finance June 2008〕 This work saw the track removed, with the track bed and track renewed. Dual gauge sleepers were laid to allow for the line to be converted to standard gauge at a future date. The line was closed between North Adelaide and Mawson Interchange for four months from June 2010 for this work to be performed, and Mawson Interchange and Gawler Central station for seven months from September 2011.〔(Gawler Line Reconstruction ) Coleman Rail〕〔(Gawler Line timetable ) Adelaide Metro〕〔(Rail Revitalisation Gawler Line ) Department for Transport, Energy & Infrastructure〕 Following the withdrawal of the Federal Government funding, the electrification was postponed in October 2013.〔(Federal Government pulls plug on $76m Gawler Line electrification ) ''Adelaide Advertiser'' 24 October 2013〕 In June 2014, it was announced that the electrification of the line as far as Salisbury will commence in 2018.〔(Rail Revitalisation Gawler Line ) Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure〕 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「Gawler Central railway line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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