Keswick Rail Terminal, Adelaide
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The Keswick Rail Terminal () is the railway station in Adelaide, South Australia used for interstate and regional passenger trains. It is located at Keswick, immediately west of the southern part of the West Parklands.
The Keswick terminal was built in 1984 as a dedicated longhaul train station when the Adelaide Railway Station was redeveloped to better support the suburban trains. This was important as the Adelaide Station is a terminus station with no through tracks—trains must go out on the same track they came in. This is much easier for suburban railcars than for locomotive-hauled long trains.
Since 1990 there have been no regional passenger services in South Australia, so the Keswick terminal serves only The Overland to Melbourne, The Ghan to Alice Springs and Darwin, and the Indian Pacific to both Sydney and Perth.
Adelaide Station serves the metropolitan broad gauge network, while all trains to Keswick Terminal now operate on standard gauge.
| Indian Pacific | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Augusta | ↔ | Adelaide | ↔ | Broken Hill |
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