Adelaide - Transport
Railways
Information on an experimental railway track laid down in the city by Samuel Stocks is in the Adelaide Times,
6 December 1849, page 3b.
"Public Works - Adelaide City - Port Railway" is in the Observer,
10 February 1855, page 7h.
Also see
Port Adelaide - Transport - Railways and
South Australia - Transport.
The railway station clock is described in the Register,
23 September 1856, page 2g,
Observer,
27 September 1856, page 8b.
South Australia - Miscellany - Clocks and Time.
"The Morphett Street Level Crossing" is in the Observer,
29 October 1864, page 4d (supp.),
5 November 1864, page 4h.
Details of the Adelaide Marine and Suburban Railway are in the Register,
5 January 1869, page 4a (supp.),
6 October 1869, page 2c.
Articles on the fare structure of suburban railways are in the Express,
29 and 30 December 1885, pages 3c and 2d.
"Days of Puffing Billies" is in The Mail,
28 April 1928, page 1a.
Reminiscences of the first Adelaide railway station are in the Register on
13 January 1916, page 7e.
"Improvements at the Adelaide Railway Station" is in the Observer,
1 February 1879, page 12a; also see
Register,
18 and 21 April 1883, pages 4d-5a and 5a-6d,
3 May 1883, pages 4f-6a,
13 February 1899, pages 4d-6 (sketch),
Express,
7 February 1899, page 4b,
Observer,
23 February 1901, page 46a,
9 March 1901, page 30c,
24 April 1926, page 46a.
An editorial on the debate as to whether the Adelaide-Glenelg railway should be allowed to "carry their line through Victoria Square" is in the Register on
27 February 1874, page 4f -
subsequent comment follows on
4, 24 and 26 March, pages 7c, 5c and 4e-6e.
See Place Names - Victoria Square
and Place Names - Glenelg - Transport.
Also see Register, 16 September 1878, page 6d for an amusing letter on the trials and tribulations of travelling on a race-day.
The debate on Victoria Square continues in 1875 and in the Register from 1 February, page 5d there is almost daily comment on the subject. The controversy resulted in a poll - see
22 February, page 5d and
6 March, page 4g.
"The Railway in King William Street" appears on
1 February 1911, page 6d,
25 October 1911, page 6d.
"The King William Street Death Trap" is in The Critic,
1 January 1913, page 17.
"Mismanagement on the Port Railway" is in the Chronicle,
27 February 1875, page 11e.
"Caution to Travellers" is in the Register,
17 August 1877, page 5g.
The railway station is described in the Observer,
1 June 1878, page 11d.
"The Nairne Railway" is discussed in the Register,
28 and 30 August 1878, pages 6e and 6b,
2, 14 (supp.), and 23 September 1878, pages 6e, 3a-b, and 6f,
7, 9 and 21 November 1878, pages 5f, 4d-5a and 6e.
Sketches are in Frearson's Weekly,
17 and 24 March 1883, page 42.
Improvements at the Adelaide railway station are discussed in the Observer,
1 February 1879, page 12a.
Information on the workshops on North Terrace is in the Chronicle,
31 May 1879, page 8a,
Express,
25 July 1885, page 2g.
An hydraulic lift at the Adelaide railway station is discussed in the Register,
8 and 10 July 1879, pages 5a and 7a.
A new refreshment room at the Adelaide railway station is described in the Register,
8 July 1879, page 5a.
"Refreshment Services at Railway Station" is in The News,
11 April 1927, page 8f.
"Refreshments at the Railway Station" is in the Register,
13 July 1882, pages 4f-5a.
The proposed site for the railway station is discussed in the Register,
18 and 21 April 1883, pages 4d-5a and 5a-6d; also see
3, 4, 10 and 14 May 1883, pages 4f-6a, 4f, 6f and 6g.
"A New Railway Station" is in the Register,
2 October 1888, page 4f,
26 November 1890, page 5a.
A new railway station is discussed on
13 February 1899, pages 4d-6d; also see
15 January 1901, page 4f,
16 February 1901, page 8c,
22 March 1901, page 4f.
A sketch of the station is in the Pictorial Australian in
February 1885, page 29.
A visit to the government railway workshops "north of the railway station" is described in the Register,
6 December 1884, page 6b.
"Railway Discomforts" is in the Observer,
21 April 1877, page 10c.
A collision at the Adelaide station is reported in the Register,
7 and 18 April 1885, pages 6f and 6g.
"The Left-Luggage Office" is in the Register,
4 October 1887, page 7h.
"A New Railway Station" is in the Observer,
6 October 1888, page 25c, also see
Express,
4 December 1900, page 2e,
14 february 1901, page 2f.
"Defrauding the Railways" is in the Observer,
27 October 1888, page 5c; it includes information on the suburban ticketing system.
"Projected Suburban Railway System" is in the Register,
3 July 1891, page 6d.
The installation of a cooling chamber at the Adeladie railway station is reported in the Register,
30 January 1892, page 6h,
Observer,
30 January 1892, page 32d.
A suburban railway system is discussed in the Register,
3 July 1891, page 6d,
14 September 1891, page 7h.
"Seaside Suburban Railways" is in the Register,
2 June 1897, page 4h.
"The Man in the Signal Box" is in the Register,
11 January 1899, page 5a.
"The New Railway Station" is in the Observer,
18 February 1899, page 41a.
Photographs of the Adelaide railway station are in the Chronicle,
18 October 1902, page 42,
Observer,
24 January 1903, pages 24-25,
18 July 1903, page 26.
"Christmastide at the Railway Station" is in the Advertiser,
31 December 1902, page 6i.
Photographs of "Off For the Holidays" are in the Chronicle,
3 January 1903, page 43.
Photographs of the station's roof spans are in The Critic,
14 February 1903, pages 4 and 12,
of the goods sheds and yards on
3 August 1904, page 30.
An article on the Adelaide railway station is in the Observer,
24 January 1903, page 24.
"Suburban Railways - Proposed Electrification" is in the Register,
21 October 1903, page 3h; also see
7 June 1904, page 8d,
21 October 1904, pages 4e-6a.
"Suburban Railways and Electricity" is in the Register,
16 March 1904, page 5b,
21 October 1904, pages 4e-6a,
23 November 1904, page 4e.
"Victoria Square Railway Station" is in the Register,
24 April 1907, page 6f.
A photograph of the railway yards at Adelaide station is in the Chronicle,
13 July 1907, page 30;
The Critic,
20 January 1909, pages 12 and 13.
"People at Work - The Railway Porter" is in the Register,
26 February 1908, page 4i.
"The Street Railway - Question of its Removal" is in the Advertiser,
28 April 1909, page 9c,
4 May 1909, pages 6d-9a;
"The Street Railway - Two More Victims" in the Express,
24 December 1912, page 4f.
"Free [Railway] Passes for House Builders" is in the Register,
30 July 1910, page 15,
24 August 1910, page 5c.
Also see Place Names - Hawthorndene.
"Where Business Booms - North Terrace Goods and Sheds" is in the Register,
21 January 1911, page 8b,
"When You Go Travelling - Railway Parcels and Ticket Office" on
4 February 1911, page 8c.
"Adelaide's Street Railway" is in the Observer,
18 January 1913, page 25c.
"New Railway Offices" is in the Register,
3 June 1911, page 8.
"Stampede for Trains" is in the Observer,
28 December 1912, page 37a.
"The Dead End - Problem of the Central Station" is in the Register,
21, 22 and 23 January 1913, pages 7a, 7a and 7a,
Observer,
25 January 1913, page 39a,
1 February 1913, page 51a.
"Adelaide's Street Railway" is in the Observer,
18 January 1913, page 25c.
"The Dead End [at the Adelaide Railway Station] - Can it be Abolished" is in the
Register,
22 and 23 January 1913, pages 7a and 7a.
"The North Terrace Dead-End" is in the Register,
28 April 1916, page 4i,
3 May 1916, pages 4b-6c.
"The Railway Station Indicator" is in the Observer,
27 March 1915, page 33a.
"Suburban Railway Classes is in the Register,
10 December 1915, page 4h,
12 April 1916, page 6c.
"Railway Fares - New Scale of Charges" is in the Express,
5 May 1916, page 3g.
"Sunday Morning Trains - Their Absence a Serious Matter" is in the
Register,
14 and 15 February 1917, pages 7b and 4d-4e-7f.
Also see South Australia - Religion - Breaking the Sabbath.
"A Railway Excess Comedy" is in the Observer,
17 August 1918, page 20d.
"Scenes at North Terrace Station" is in The Mail,
28 January 1922, page 2d.
The abolition of first class carriages on suburban lines is reported in the Advertiser,
27 February 1923, page 9c.
"Shocking Railway Crash in Adelaide" is in the Register,
30 January 1923, page 7.
"The Ugly Station Competition" is in the Register,
31 August 1923, page 8d.
A plan for a new railway station building is outlined in the Register,
15 September 1923, page 13c,
Advertiser,
21 November 1923, page 17a,
Observer,
24 November 1923, page 35c; also see
26 September 1925, page 46
Register,
28 October 1924, pages 8d-10,
25 August 1926, pages 8d-9a,
9 December 1926, page 4c,
31 July 1928, page 12d.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
28 August 1926, page 38,
Observer,
18 December 1926, page 31.
"Suburban Underground Railway - The Future" is in the Observer,
29 November 1924, page 19c.
A new railway bridge over the River Torrens is reported upon in the Register,
9 September 1925, page 20d.
"Suburban Rail Traffic" is in the Register,
5 December 1925, page 11f.
"Changes at Adelaide Railway Station" is in the Register,
16 April 1926, page 10f,
"Organised Chaos - Rebuilding the Adelaide Railway Station" in the Advertiser,
3 May 1926, page 9c.
A "travelling" restaurant at the railway station is described in the Observer,
31 October 1925, page 35d.
"Sports Ground - Recreation for Railwaymen" is in The News,
22 April 1927, page 3d.
The reminiscences of A. Sieben are in the Register,
20 April 1928, page 14h.
"Jaywalking to Railway Station - Subway Scheme Proposed" is in the
Register,
12 July 1928, page 5b.
"Will Trains to Suburbs Remain" is in the Advertiser,
3 March 1932, page 9i.
