List of closed railway stations in South Australia

This is a list of closed, demolished or otherwise defunct railway stations, lines or branches in Adelaide and South Australia. Many of these lines and stations have been either abandoned or dismantled. There is a strong desire by communities to have some of these reopen to link Regional South Australia to the state's capital city of Adelaide.

Closed stations
There are two closed stations on the passenger railway network in the city of Adelaide, South Australia that have not been demolished, both along the Belair line:
 * Clapham (closed 28 April 1995)
 * Hawthorn (closed 28 April 1995)

Demolished stations
There are several stations along current railway routes that have been closed and demolished:


 * Belair railway line
 * Keswick (closed and demolished 2013; replaced by nearby Adelaide Showground)
 * Mile End Goods (closed 1994)
 * Showground Central (seasonal-use temporary structure, used 2003–2013; replaced by Adelaide Showground)
 * Sleeps Hill


 * Flinders railway line
 * Clovelly Park (closed and demolished 2020; replaced by nearby relocated Tonsley)
 * Tonsley (original station closed and demolished 2019; relocated station opened 2020)


 * Gawler railway line
 * GMH Elizabeth (at the end of a spur starting 1.0 km north of Nurlutta)
 * Grand Junction (closed 1859)
 * Islington Works (closed 2000 and demolished c. 2021)
 * Tube Mills


 * Grange railway line
 * Golf Links (closed 1961)
 * Holdens (closed 1992)


 * Outer Harbor railway line
 * Cheltenham Racecourse siding (closed 1953)
 * Cheltenham Racecourse (closed 2009, demolished 2012; replaced with nearby St Clair)
 * Largs Jetty (closed 1908; spur at Largs traversing Jetty Road to the Largs Pier Hotel and the jetty)
 * Torrens Bridge (opened 1883, closed 1888)
 * Yerlo (closed 13 September 1981; replaced by North Haven)


 * Seaford railway line
 * Keswick (closed and demolished 2013; replaced by nearby Adelaide Showground)
 * Mile End Goods (closed 1994)
 * Showground Central (temporary structure; used 2003–2013)
 * South Brighton (closed 1976)

Closed railway lines (and their closed stations)
Several complete lines have been closed, with the rails removed, all of the station infrastructure removed, and some of the stations demolished:

Serviced the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition, Torrens Parade Ground and original location of Adelaide Showground direct from Adelaide railway station.
 * Jubilee Exhibition Railway (closed 1925)


 * Holdfast Bay railway line (closed 14 December 1929)
 * Thebarton
 * Hilton
 * Richmond
 * Kurralta Park
 * Plympton Coursing Ground (closed c.1925)
 * Plympton
 * Morphettville
 * Camden
 * Novar Gardens
 * Macdonalds
 * Golf Links (closed by 1929)
 * St Leonards (closed 1926)
 * Glenelg


 * St Leonards–Grange railway line


 * Glenelg railway line (closed 1929 and converted to Glenelg tram line)
 * Victoria Square (closed 1914)
 * South Terrace
 * Wayville
 * Goodwood Road
 * Forestville
 * Black Forest
 * Hayhurst
 * South Plympton
 * Morphettville
 * Helmsdale
 * Miller's Corner
 * Glenelg

Branches from Adelaide-Wolseley railway line
Branched from the Adelaide-Wolseley line at Balhannah. Branched from the Adelaide-Wolseley line at Monarto South. Branched from the Adelaide-Wolseley line at Tailem Bend.
 * Mount Pleasant railway line (closed 1964, now Amy Gillett Bikeway)
 * Oakbank
 * Mappinga
 * Riverview
 * Woodside
 * Kayannie
 * Charleston
 * Muralappie
 * Mount Torrens
 * Milkappa
 * Birdwood
 * Crane Road
 * Narcoonah
 * Mount Pleasant
 * Sedan railway line (cut back to Cambrai in 1964, to Apamurra in 1987, remaining section closed in 2005)
 * Pallamana
 * Tepko
 * Apamurra
 * Milendella
 * Sanderston
 * Kanappa
 * Cambrai
 * Sedan
 * Pinnaroo railway line, South Australia (closed July 2015)
 * Peake
 * Geranium
 * Lameroo
 * Parilla
 * Pinnaroo

Branches from Belair railway line
Branched from the Belair line at Mitcham.
 * Clapham (closed 1917)
 * Clapham (original)

Branches from Gawler railway line
Branched from the Gawler line at Dry Creek.
 * Northfield (closed 1987)
 * Cavan (closed 1987)
 * Pooraka (closed 1987)
 * Northfield (closed 1987)
 * Stockade (closed 1961)

Branched from the Gawler line at Salisbury.
 * Penfield (closed 1991)
 * Hilra
 * Penfield 1
 * Penfield 2
 * Penfield 3'

Branched from the Gawler line approximately halfway between Elizabeth South and Nurlutta stations.
 * GMH Elizabeth (closed 1992)

Served the General Motors Holden Elizabeth car factory at Elizabeth.

Branches from Grange railway line
An extension of Grange railway line.
 * Henley Beach railway line (opened 5 February 1894, closed 31 August 1957)
 * Kirkcaldy
 * Marlborough Street
 * Henley Beach

Branched from the Grange line at Albert Park station.
 * Hendon railway line (closed 1 February 1980)
 * Hendon

Branches from Outer Harbor railway line
Branched from the Outer Harbor line at Glanville station, traversing Jetty Road to the pier / jetty.
 * Semaphore railway line (closed 29 October 1978)
 * Exeter
 * Semaphore

Branched from the Outer Harbor line starting Woodville station.
 * Finsbury railway line (closed 17 August 1979)
 * Actil (closed 1970)
 * Woodville North (closed 1979)
 * No. 18 Shed (closed 1979)
 * Finsbury Stores (closed 1979)

Branches from Seaford railway line
Original route alignment beyond Hallett Cove.
 * Willunga railway line (closed 1969, track lifted 1972, now Coast to Vines Rail Trail)
 * Patpa
 * Happy Valley
 * Reynella
 * Pimpala
 * Coorara
 * Morphett Vale
 * Yetto
 * Hackham
 * Korro
 * Noarlunga
 * Moana
 * Tuni
 * McLaren Vale
 * Pikkara
 * Taringa
 * Willunga

Existing freight lines
Lines where passenger trains have been withdrawn, but still open for freight:
 * Dry Creek-Port Adelaide (closed to passengers 27 May 1988)
 * Wingfield (closed 29 May 1987)
 * North Arm Road (closed 29 May 1987)
 * Eastern Parade (closed 29 May 1987)
 * Rosewater Loop (closed to freight 2008)
 * Grand Junction Road (closed 27 May 1988)
 * Rosewater (closed 27 May 1988)
 * Birkenhead Loop (closed to freight 2008)
 * ICI Osborne (closed to passengers 1980, closed to freight 2014)
 * Coal Gantry
 * Electric Works
 * ICI
 * Bridgewater, extension of Belair line (includes stations between Bridgewater and Tailem Bend) (closed to passengers 1987 and converted to standard gauge 1995)
 * National Park
 * Long Gully
 * Nalawort
 * Upper Sturt
 * Mount Lofty
 * Heathfield
 * Madurta
 * Aldgate
 * Jibilla
 * Carripook
 * Bridgewater
 * Yantaringa
 * Ambleside
 * Balhannah
 * Mount Barker Junction (to the east was the junction with the Victor Harbor railway line)
 * Nairne
 * Petwood
 * Callington
 * Monarto South
 * Tailem Bend
 * Port Pirie, branch from the Gawler line at Salisbury (closed 1982 when converted to standard gauge - refer Adelaide-Port Augusta)
 * Direk, the name is derived from "the native word for swamp"
 * Bolivar
 * Virginia
 * Two Wells
 * Mallala
 * Long Plains
 * Bowmans
 * Snowtown
 * Redhill
 * Merriton
 * Port Pirie Junction
 * Port Pirie (Mary Elie Street)
 * Port Pirie (Ellen Street)

Closed intrastate lines
Country railway lines that are no longer used and/or have been dismantled: (line continues into Victoria)
 * Barossa, branched from Gawler railway station, closed to passengers 16 December 1968 beyond North Gawler railway station; freight continued until 2014; North Gawler is now Gawler Central in the metropolitan network
 * Sandy Creek
 * Lyndoch
 * Rowland Flat
 * Tanunda
 * Nuriootpa
 * Angaston
 * Gladstone, branch of Terowie line from Hamley Bridge railway station (closed 1980s)
 * Owen
 * Balaklava
 * Halbury
 * Hoyleton
 * Blyth
 * Hart
 * Brinkworth
 * Boucaut
 * Yacka
 * Gulnare
 * Abbeville
 * Georgetown
 * Spalding, branch of Terowie line from Riverton (closed 1984)
 * Rhynie
 * Undalya
 * Auburn
 * Watervale
 * Penwortham
 * Sevenhill
 * Clare
 * Barinia
 * Andrews
 * Spalding
 * Morgan, extension from Gawler (cut back to Eudunda in 1969, to Kapunda in 1995)
 * Roseworthy
 * Freeling
 * Fords
 * Kapunda
 * Bagot Well
 * Hansborough
 * Hampden
 * Eudunda
 * Sutherlands
 * Bower
 * Mount Mary
 * Eba
 * Morgan
 * Mount Gambier, branch of Adelaide-Wolseley line (closed to passengers 1990)
 * Frances
 * Naracoorte
 * Penola
 * Mount Gambier (repurposed as a park in 2015)
 * Robertstown, branch of Morgan line from Eudunda
 * Point Pass
 * Robertstown
 * Truro, branch of Barossa Valley line from Nuriootpa (closed 1990s)
 * Stockwell
 * Truro
 * Terowie, branch from Roseworthy (closed 1980s)
 * Roseworthy
 * Wasleys
 * Hamley Bridge
 * Tarlee
 * Riverton
 * Saddleworth
 * Manoora
 * Merildin
 * Farrell Flat
 * Hanson
 * Burra
 * Mount Bryan
 * Hallett
 * Whyte Yarcowie
 * Terowie
 * Gumbowie
 * Whyalla, branch of Adelaide-Darwin railway from Port Augusta (closed 31 December 1990)
 * Whyalla
 * Wilmington, narrow-gauge branch from Gladstone (closed 14 March 1990)
 * Laura
 * Stone Hut
 * Wirrabara
 * Yandiah
 * Booleroo Centre
 * Perroomba
 * Melrose
 * Terka
 * Wilmington
 * Barmera, branch of Adelaide-Wolseley line from Tailem Bend (closed 1990)
 * Naturi
 * Kulde
 * Wynarka
 * Karoonda
 * Lowaldie
 * Borrika
 * Halidon
 * Mindarie
 * Wanbi
 * Alawoona
 * Paruna
 * Meribah
 * Nadda
 * Taplan
 * Nangari
 * Pungonda
 * Noora
 * Ingalta
 * Taldra
 * Yamba
 * Wonuarra
 * Paringa
 * Paringa Bridge
 * Renmark
 * Calperum
 * Spring Cart Gully
 * Berri
 * Karoom
 * Glossop
 * Barmera
 * Peebinga, branch of Barmera line from Karoonda (closed 7 December 1990)
 * Nunkeri
 * Yurgo
 * Marama
 * Kulkami
 * Mulpata
 * Wirha
 * Gurrai
 * Karte
 * Kringin
 * Mootatunga
 * Peebinga
 * Waikerie, branch of Barmera line from Karoonda (closed 1990s)
 * Mindiyarra
 * Perponda
 * Kalyan
 * Goondooloo
 * Copeville
 * Kunlara
 * Galga
 * Mercunda
 * Mantung
 * Hillmanville
 * Maggea
 * Boolgun
 * Holder Siding
 * Kanni
 * Waikerie
 * Yinkanie, branch of Barmera line from Wanbi (closed 1 May 1971)
 * Gluyas
 * Caliph
 * Bayah
 * Tuscan
 * Koowa
 * Wunkar
 * Myrla
 * Wappilka
 * Yinkanie
 * Moonta, branch of Gladstone line from Balaklava (closed 1980s)
 * Saints
 * Bowmans
 * Port Wakefield
 * South Hummocks
 * Melton
 * Paskeville
 * Green's Plains
 * Kadina
 * Wallaroo Mines
 * Wallaroo
 * Parramatta
 * Cross Roads
 * Yelta
 * Moonta
 * Brinkworth, branch of Moonta line from Kadina (closed 1990s)
 * Willamulka
 * Mona
 * Bute
 * Barunga Gap
 * Snowtown
 * Condowie
 * Brinkworth
 * Quorn, branch of Broken Hill line from Peterborough (closed 1980s)
 * Black Rock
 * Orroroo
 * Walloway
 * Eurelia
 * Carrieton
 * Moockra
 * Hammond
 * Bruce
 * Quorn
 * Kingston SE railway line, branch of Mount Gambier line from Naracoorte (closed 28 November 1987)
 * Stewarts
 * Lucindale
 * Avenue
 * Reedy Creek
 * Kingston SE
 * Milang, branch of Victor Harbor line from Sandergrove railway station (closed 17 June 1970)
 * Nurragi
 * Punkulde
 * Milang
 * Beachport railway line, branch from Mount Gambier
 * Compton
 * Marte
 * Burrungule
 * Tantanoola
 * Snuggery
 * Millicent
 * Rendelsham
 * Beachport
 * Heywood railway line, branch from Mount Gambier (closed 11 April 1995)
 * Murrawa
 * Glenburnie
 * Kromelite
 * Rennick