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Adelaide

All kinds of transport can be found in Adelaide - double stacked freight trains, passenger rail, light rail and the O-Bahn guided busway.

Adelaide bus infrastructure

Thursday 3 October 2019

All kinds of bus infrastructure from Adelaide - bus stops and interchanges

Adelaide buses

Friday 4 October 2019

All of the route bus services in Adelaide are operated under the Adelaide Metro name and livery, but are contracted out to a number of private companies. As of 2011 a new red front livery is replacing the previous yellow fronted version.

Adelaide Metro suburban trains

Friday 4 October 2019

Adelaide Metro operates the Adelaide suburban railway network, using a fleet of DMUs made up of the 2000 class 'Jumbos' and the slightly newer 3000 class Comeng railcars, as well as the new 4000 class A-City EMUs

Adelaide Metro ticketing

Friday 4 October 2019

In 2012 Adelaide Metro introduced their new Metrocard smartcard ticketing system, that runs in parallel with the previous Crouzet magnetic stripe system used for single trip tickets.

Adelaide Metro train bits and pieces

Friday 4 October 2019

Photo of all kinds of odds and sods from the Adelaide Metro fleet of DMUs.

Adelaide Metro visiting the wheel lathe

Friday 2 December 2011

Adelaide Metro send their railcars to the Downer EDI operated wheel lathe at Dry Creek motive power centre as required.

Adelaide Rail Revitalisation project

Saturday 3 December 2011

As part of the preparation for the electrification of Adelaide's suburban network, the various railway lines are being ripped up and relaid.

Adelaide Rail Revitalisation works trains

Friday 9 July 2010

For the Adelaide Rail Revitalisation project works trains operated between Victoria and Adelaide, bringing welded rail from the Anzac Sidings at Spotswood, and concrete sleepers from the Austrak plant via the loading siding at Inverleigh.

Adelaide Railway Station

Friday 4 October 2019

Located on the edge of the CBD on North Terrace, Adelaide Railway Station is the hub of the Adelaide Metro suburban network.

Adelaide stations and infrastructure

Wednesday 5 October 2022

Photos of railway infrastructure around the Adelaide Metro rail network in suburban Adelaide - stations, signals, and such

Adelaide tram bits

Wednesday 2 October 2019

Photos of bits and pieces on and around Adelaide's trams

Adelaide tram deliveries via Melbourne

Saturday 16 July 2011

In recent years Adelaide's new trams have been delivered by sea to Melbourne, then transferred by road to Adelaide.

Adelaide tram infrastructure

Wednesday 2 October 2019

Bits and pieces of tramway infrastructure from around the Adelaide Metro network.

Adelaide trams

Wednesday 2 October 2019

Running from the Adelaide CBD to down to the beach at Glenelg, today a collection of Flexity and Citadis trams run the service.

Adelaide's O-Bahn Busway

Wednesday 2 October 2019

The weirdest mode of public transport in Adelaide is the O-Bahn - a concrete guideway that lets buses run at 100 km/h, and the driver don't need to steer.

Adelaide's O-Bahn Busway recovery truck

Thursday 1 December 2011

With the O-Bahn Busway in Adelaide they need a special double ended tow truck to rescue buses stranded on the concrete guideway. It also seems to be used to move normal buses.

Freight around metropolitan Adelaide

Wednesday 2 October 2019

Freight trains around suburban Adelaide: the arrive from the north and east, and head for Dry Creek and the Lefevre Peninsula. The majority are standard gauge, the exception being the broad gauge Penrice stone train.

Freight in the Adelaide Hills and Mount Lofty

Monday 5 December 2011

Freight action headed west from Adelaide, headed up the hills and east towards Victoria.

Freight west from Adelaide

Saturday 3 December 2011

Freight trains headed west across the plains from Adelaide bound for Perth and Darwin. With no low bridges or tunnels, there is nothing stopping double stack containers and high cube boxvans from operating.

Journey Beyond Rail - Indian Pacific

Wednesday 2 November 2022

Journey Beyond Rail, formerly Great Southern Rail, operates the 'Indian Pacific' from Sydney to Perth, via Broken Hill and Adelaide.

Journey Beyond Rail - The Ghan

Friday 2 December 2011

Journey Beyond Rail, formerly Great Southern Rail, operates 'The Ghan' from Adelaide to Darwin via Alice Springs.

Journey Beyond Rail - The Overland

Monday 8 April 2024

Journey Beyond Rail, formerly Great Southern Rail, operates 'The Overland' from Melbourne to Adelaide, via Geelong, Ararat and the Western standard gauge

Journey Beyond Rail in Adelaide

Friday 4 October 2019

Journey Beyond Rail, formerly Great Southern Rail, is based out of the Adelaide Parklands Terminal in Keswick, and is home to their maintenance depot and repair workshops.

National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide

Thursday 3 October 2019

Located on the site of Port Dock railway station in South Australia, it has a collection of narrow, broad and standard gauge locomotives and rolling stock from the SAR, CR, AN and Silverton Tramways, plus a number of other private operators

Semaphore to Fort Glanville Tourist Railway

Thursday 3 October 2019

Running along the foreshore in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, this two kilometre long narrow gauge railway runs between Semaphore Jetty and Fort Glanville.

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