Draper railway station, Adelaide
Draper | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Railway Terrace, Largs North | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°48′51″S 138°29′56″E / 34.8143°S 138.4989°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Department for Infrastructure & Transport | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Adelaide Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Outer Harbor | ||||||||||
| Distance | 17.2 km from Adelaide | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bus routes | 150 (Port Road) | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Draper railway station is located on the Outer Harbor line.[1] Situated in the north-western Adelaide suburb of Largs North, it is 17.2 kilometres from Adelaide station.
History
It is unclear when this station opened.
Draper is one of the few stations in Adelaide not named after a current suburb. Draper was a suburb or locality to the north of Largs Bay Estate and south of Taperoo and Osborne, in what is now Largs North.[2] One, as yet, unsourced report suggests Draper was named after a drapery that used to exist nearby (corner of Strathfield Terrace and Victoria Road). In the mid 1980s, the drapery closed and the site has housed a number of different shops since including a pet shop and a fish shop. The shop was recently demolished, to make way for housing.[citation needed]
On 22 August 2024, a 53-year-old man was struck and killed by a northbound train near the station after assaulting staff at a shop and vet on Strathfield Terrace and stealing a packet of sugar. The line was shut down for hours with trains terminating at Glanville and Alberton.[3][4]
Services by platform
| Platform | Lines | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outer Harbor | all stops services to Outer Harbor | some peak hour services terminate at Osborne |
| 2 | Outer Harbor | all stops services to Adelaide |
References
- ^ Outer Harbor & Grange timetable Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Adelaide Metro 23 February 2014
- ^ "Fullers 1948 Adelaide Directory, map 3". Fuller's Maps and Carto Tech Services. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Man dies after being struck by train at Largs North while allegedly fleeing scene of robbery". 7 News. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Man's violent rampage before being struck by train in Largs North, Adelaide captured on camera". 7 News. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
