Stockade railway station
Stockade | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | adjacent Hoods Road Northfield | ||||
| Operated by | South Australian Railways | ||||
| Line | Northfield railway line | ||||
| Distance | 15 km from Adelaide | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | demolished | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | June 1857 | ||||
| Closed | July 1961 | ||||
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The Stockade railway station, the terminus station of the then Stockade railway line (later the Northfield railway line), was opened on 1 June 1857. It was built to service the colony's prisoner camp, and to transport bluestone mined by convicts to building projects in downtown Adelaide. After a century of service, it was closed in 1961, and the quarry area was later redeveloped as a park.