Hop on board for a trip through time along the old Semaphore Line.
The railway from Port Adelaide reached the seaside suburb of Semaphore in 1878. The Iine had 2 intermediate stations at the time, Glanville and Exeter.
A short extension ran to Largs Bay in 1883, but this closed with the opening of the Outer Harbor Line in 1908.
Growing rail congestion around the port meant the old line was diverted over the Commercial Road viaduct in 1916 and Ethelton station was added. Another rail line was built from Glanville to Osborne in the 1920s to serve the growing industries along the Port River. Trams also ran alongside the track along Semaphore Road from 1917 to 1935.
The Semaphore Line from Glanville closed in 1978. The freight loop from Rosewater to Osborne remained until freight traffic was diverted in 2008 to the Mary MacKillop Bridge. Glanville station is still open as a through station on the Outer Harbor line but is only a shadow of its former self.
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