Adelaide Parklands Terminal is by far the weirdest station in Adelaide. Having a major long distance terminal outside of walking distance to the City, with absolutely NO local transport links is bloody ridiculous.

Noarlunga station is an overbuilt and undermaintained station, it was built in a time when station staff where still a common concept. Furthermore the fare gates where installed in 2014 to combat fare evasion at the station, the same was also done to Salisbury railway station. However by 2019 Salisbury, Mawson Lakes and Noarlunga stations ceased to be staffed and by extension the fare gates where left unlocked due to safety and disability access concerns.

Good to see you covering my city. Noarlunga Centre has the weird double platform thingy as it used to be the terminus until 2014. So back then, trains could be switched onto the now city bound track to terminate.

yeah Adelaide stations are done as cheap as possible. i mean there's no staff at any station other than the main one, there are NO timetables or maps on the platforms.

I still find it interesting that they technically have diesel comengs and electric vlocitys in their fleet when in Melbourne its the other way around XD

Olympic Park in Sydney also has two platforms serving one line but given that was specifically built for large crowds, it makes a lot more sense. Gungahlin Place light rail stop in Canberra also has two platforms serving one line (kind of) but given it's light rail, I feel it doesn't really count

I always loved the Outer Harbour line. I grew up in Belair and my primary school oval overlooks the station terminus. The station is maintained by the Friends of Belair Railways Station and they're a very dedicated group. The frequency of services and the fact they nixxed the upper Hills line (Aldgate and Stirling have stations that are no longer in use) really sucks. But lots of kids would use the trains as a handy trip back up the hill when they were mountain biking.

The older buildings at Belair were used when the dual broad gauge services were still in place, and metro trains ran all the way to Bridgewater. They even had a station in the MIDDLE of the national park then too (there were 10 more in all). I can't see them reopening back to Mt Barker on the existing service because it would take forever. At the very least they need to be able to get down the hill from Belair to Mitcham much quicker then they can now.

(As an Adelaideian some things I noticed) Noarlunga Centre weirdly enough has a TransAdelaide logo on one of the station signs, alongside the modern Adelaide Metro. There are a few other stations with 2 platforms for 1 tracks (The Spanish solution) These being Glanville, with that track being a bay platform (platforms?) for peak hour trains. Brighton being the other station, having it's platform 2/3 having no regular service at all, but being bi-directional, making it useful for disruptions.

Discussion at Belair some context is needed. The local train is still running on broadguage where as the freight lines have been converted to standard guage as part of the national standard guage network for freight. One day ‘The Overland’ may use Belair for passenger pick up (standard guage), but the extention you mentioned, would have to be on the standard guage system, not the broadguage system.

I think Adelaide would benefit from copying a few things that Perth did. Perth's trains carry as many people as Adelaide's and Brisbane's do, combined.

The Noarlunga gates are for when ticket inspectors are on duty, as it makes it harder to avoid the fine if youre being forced to fare evade directly infront the enforcement team.

5:38 Correction: All the buildings are in use at Belair, but used by station volunteers as a chillout space and other stuff. i've been inside the signal box many times and it is well maintained :) The Belair volunteers maintain it and have a get together on friday mornings for trainspotting which is fun

My wife comes from SA, her grand father was one of the men in who laid the standard gauge tracks from Eastern WA to Geelong

Nice to see more of Australia through your eyes!

Very strange indeed! Well researched and well presented. Great video, thank you! 👏🙏

That was awesome... as an Adeladian myself, I learned a fair bit. Hope you enjoyed your trip to Adelaide!

People do believe that the unused platforms at Belair can be used fot an Adelaide to Mt Barker railway. Change trains at Belair to continue the trip to Mt Barker.

Hi Qazzy! I really enjoyed watching this video. Keep up the great content! And congrats on getting Taitset and Straya Trains to subscribe!

The other 2 platforms at Belair will never re open. Because those lines are owned and operated by national rail. That's also why it's been so hard getting trains further out as the national freight services will not share their tracks

Nice to see someone covering my home city. BTW I have used all the stations you mentioned althought I've only ever used North Adelaide once and that was becuse my Gawler train was going to depart in 25 minutes so I decided to walk from the city to North Adelaide to kill some time.

My cousin lives in North Adelaide, but North Adelaide station would probably be on the moon as far as she's concerned. Lucky the station has old buildings otherwise it would be loooong gone.

love visiting adelaide. peaceful and quiet to me. their rail line next to hallett cove down to noarlunga is quite scenic and spectacular.

Noarlunga Centre used to be the end of line heading south until extension.

Fun fact; the escalators don't just not operate outside of 8:30... they don't operate at all! They've been out of order for YEARS at this point. Good news is Noarlunga Centre is finally getting some renovations done as we speak, with the escalators set to be back in function.

Very interesting and informative video! The fact that North Adelaide is one of the closest stations to the CBD and yet is the least used is so crazy to me. Another interesting station I remember when I visited is Nurlutta, which has two side platforms bisected by a railway crossing in the middle.

Love your work, keep it up! You should do one for NSW. Since the Sydney metropolitan and intercity (Newcastle, Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Illawarra, South Coast, Southern Highlands) networks are so huge, you should do two separate videos. One for Sydney and one for the Intercity network One you could do for Intercity is Wondabyne. The only station in all of Australia that does not have road access. You can only access it somehow via boat from one of the few houses around the Hawkesbury River, or by the quarry if you’re a worker there.

I was literally in stitches watching that last segment featuring that absurd randomly-oddball station. What a strange place Adelaide is 😀

At least we can afford our train network.

Brighton station also has one track with two platforms. Seems to be used in peak times. I noted that the first train leaves at 5:41am which is not enough time to catch the V/line bus due out at 6:35am. The first bus from Brighton leaves at 5:19am and went paat the bus terminal at Franklin St.

Brisbane closed Tennyson back in 2011 due to low ridership

Good to se how trains work in Australia...a lot like in Stockholm 🇸🇪. Good one 😎

Back in 1999 when The Overland was an overnight train, I was with a group that had arranged to board it at Belair to return to Melbourne.

8:33 fun fact : the escalator doesn't work at all

Unfortunately Adelaide's rail system has alway been a poor cousin to the bus network. Needs a lot of investment in the none rail infrastructure. Also the Belair line needs to take a new route to Mt Barker and onto Murray Bridge, but that involves money the State Government is unwilling to spend.

I watched this video fully expecting to find some stations i've never been to and i was already planning a daytrip but it seems ive already been to all these stations more than once... great video though haha

no way i just went to adelaide too and i was curious about the trains 😂 thanks for the video!!!

the Balair line use to get to go from Baair to Littlehamption so its a piece of history

I looked on the map, they need to rename Pinera Station - Belair and Rename Belair Station - Belair East. Or just shorten the line back to Pinera And Call that Belair. You will understand what I am saying if you go on google maps, Pinera Station is near Belair Town Centre 😅. That’s an Adelaide Metro Move 😂

Enjoyed the Video. Belair line needs a lot more research done on it as suggested by others who have commented here. Between Belair & City half the stations were closed off forever, some remnants still remain if you know where to look. As for Mile End station, it used to be extremely popular until the goods yard (Freight) was closed and demolished late 80's, demolished very early 1990's - last of the land cleared 1994. It was then turned into a housing estate that did not include use of the remaining platform. Not sure if the pedestrian underpass is still there. North Adelaide is used more in warmer months during festivals/special events being held at Bonython park. Used to be a spur line off Elizabeth Line to General Motors Holden factory but that was shut around 30-35 years ago. Was for the factory workers. GMH factory been closed a long time now too. I hope that adds to your video and gives you some more research ideas. Glenelg Tram line used to be a rail line as well prolly 50+ years ago. I am ex STA employee hence my tidbits of knowledge 🙂

The new port dock station is where the old port dock station used to roughly be.Where the new police station is used to be where it was. There is an old fountain out the front

(EDITED) To find the next train they used to have speakers on the Port Adelaide station that would activate at the press of a button (used to have them on most stations, they'd also auto-activate as a train approached) - similar to the one you press on the North Adelaide one. But haven't caught a train in Adelaide for a decade or more.... Wow Bowden looks different! I think extension past Belair is problematic because of a gauge problem. I remember trains going to Bridgewater and maybe Even Mount Barker - but not sure the old track is still there (at least not in the right Gauge).

Hmmmmmm, this is a different state, which means to stay in topic I would have to find a weird station in perth or Sydney but I have never gonna out of QLD so I can’t also I noticed now, I think every train in australia comes from Maryborough because the horns Sounds like the NGR horns and the traction motors sound like the SMU260 IMU160 and the TRANSPERTH b series and also look similar

1:39 this is actually untrue, there is a help-point on both platforms, which will tell you the time of the next train. Also as someone who uses Port Adelaide regularly, I just remember the minutes to departure, note the time, and just countdown. 2:20 The location isn't ideal, however there is a mall within a short walk, and I think it (and Mitham) are the closest Adelaide metro station to a KFC, and it is absolutely the closest to a maccas. 4:10 Bowden gets 15 minute frequencies at all times except late nights, where it gets 15-15-30, due to the Grange line running hourly at these times. 6:05 That honestly sounds like one of the quiet ones, the sharp bends and reasonably high line speeds result in a lot of screeching here. Overall, great video providing an outsider's perspective, I would've recomended covering Gawler Racecourse, a mostly equiped station with no regular service at all and only one platform for two tracks!

Some of those trains look like vlocity sets from victoria

As a person from Melbourne that’s lived pretty much all my life these look really weird especially the diesel trains

I'm convinced Edwardstown has no signs so it's nameless, there was also a station on the Gawler line that had this awhile back but can't recall which one

norlunga center is the station that i am most familer with out of thes ones and it defently could use a redo with how much trafik it gets and ther are plans alos to send a line to mout barker but they have bean saying that for the about last 20 years so who knows when it will hapen. also oklands is intresting becuse it is the only trench stop on the seafood line and posibli on the network

We are really needing our A-Game here in Radelaide... I'd like to see regional rail restored, and electrification of everything.

Alot of the stations from the 1970s have closed etc Bridgewater, Penfield, Rosewater

very strange indeed.

The blocked off platform at Belair would only be used if the overland started stopping there, it’s the crossing loop for the freight train line (platform 1 [Thats the one with the big shelter]), But I can’t see that happening, the fenced off platform is the passing loop, also yes the Murraylander (when it starts again) should stop at Belair, Also All diesel lines will soon be hybrid train lines, those Green rail cars you saw are hybrid trains

Interesting to see another city's trains featured on this channel. Will there be any others like Sydney or Perth in the future?

can you do a video about the trams in Adelaide while your at it? also what happened to the discord, I keep on trying to join but it doesn't let me

Nice

Smithfield is easily one of the worst train stations in Adelaide.

I don't think I've ever heard anyone pronounce Balair the way you do 😅😅

New 3000 hybrid trains in Adelaide

Adelaide has a few Spanish solution platforms. Why is that?

Any ideas why you'd have two platforms serving one line?

Do another video on adelaide

Mile End station is the worst station ever.

Noarlunga Centre 1978

i dare you to jump from platform 2 to 3 cause its only a 2 metre gap at nolonga

Enjoyed it but for the background music..totally unnecessary for us folks whose hearing is marginal. Screws it up baldly. 😢

Adelaide has the worst train system in the western world. Its actually embarrassing how much its been neglected.

“Strangest” is a great clickbait title. But many of your points were just reflections on Adelaide’s poor planning. I think a lot of your “weird points” could have also been explained through some small bits of research online - mostly Belair. For example: I have seen drivers at Noarlunga only allow entry through platform 3. Furthermore, the useless ticket gates are actually used. When they do a blitz at the station they will close the gates and have everyone enter through the proper means. This requires about 12+ staff and often cops with sniffer dogs, a costly endeavour to have all the time. Felt like a lot of hype for nothing 😅