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Railway to Brighton.
The histroy of this line goes back till 1859, when a survey was ordered so that a route for the railway line to Willunga could be established. Construction of this line didn't commence until early 1912. It wasn't until November, 1913 that the first section - from Goodwood to Marino was opened. As time went on other station were built, one of those was for a stop near the Town Hall. This was named Middle Brighton at first. There were a lot of suggestioned names; some of those were, Dunrobin, Tingana, Braemar, Midway, Main Road, but finally in January 1920 Councillor E. Anthony moved that the station be called "Hove".
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The Brighton railway station was one of 5 stations on the line at that time. The first train arrived at Brighton at 6:20 am & departed for Adelaide at 6:30 am on the 24th November 1913. There were ten return trips per day Monday to Saturday & on Sunday there was only eight. Passenger trains in 1915, were scheduled to take 30 minutes for the journey. This station was replaced with a new one 1976. Photo: Doug Colquhoun |
F class engine at Brighton Station with it's consist of end/centre loading carriage on a "Down" train, to Marino. This was double track from Goodwood to Brighton, that was completed by 1956. It was then single track to Willunga. Technical DetailsPhoto:Ron Coney |
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Those units were introduced to perform shunting & transfer work around the suburbs. Occasionally worked loco-hauled suburban passenger trains. They often work as double units. Here we see 807 with an "Up" train just after leaving South Brighton station on the single line. Photo: athour Ron Coney |
Today there is a new station at Brighton. This was move closer to South Brighton. South Brighton was closed & removed for the up line to be joined on both sides.
The old South Brighton railway station, opened in 1934 & closed in 1976 for the double line project to be completed. Looking to the other end of the station is the new line. Photo: Doug Colquhoun |
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The map at the left showing the stations & their locality to each other. If you have any Photos or a story of your time with S.A.R. please
Any info on the South Line needed!!
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