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The Grange railway line is a suburban branch line in Adelaide, South Australia. ==History== The railway line between Woodville and Grange opened in September 1882. This was a private railway, constructed by the Grange Railway and Investment Company. The early railway was not a financial success and was bought out by the South Australian Railways in 1893.〔''Rails Through Swamp and Sand – A History of the Port Adelaide Railway''. M. Thompson pub. Port Dock Station Railway Museum (1988) ISBN 0-9595073-6-1.〕 Modifications to the track layout at Woodville station in 1909 enabled trains from the Grange branch to travel beyond Woodville to Adelaide.〔 In November 1940, the Hendon branch line was opened diverging from the Grange line at Albert Park and running 1.1 kilometres to the Hendon munitions works. After the end of World War II, the Hendon trains operated only at shift-change times. In spite of low passenger numbers, the Hendon branch continued operation until 1 February 1980, after which the line was closed and removed.〔 The terminus at Grange was relocated in the late 1980s on the eastern side of Military Road to eliminate a level crossing. The old station was formerly a stop on the Henley Beach line, an extension of the Grange line which closed in 1957. A station named Holdens, located between Woodville and Albert Park stations adjacent to what is now the SA Manufacturing Park, was closed in 1992 and subsequently demolished. A station called Cheltenham, serving both rail passengers and race-goers to Cheltenham Racecourse opened on the Grange line in 1895 but closed after only a few decades of operation. In 1959, an island-platform station opened 500 metres outbound from the original station and was named Cheltenham. The original station was renamed Cheltenham Racecourse, and was restricted to raceday services only until the early 1970s. On 21 February 2009, Cheltenham Park Racecourse closed to make way for new housing developments. In June 2012, the Racecourse station was demolished, and both platforms were removed. 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「Grange railway line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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