Stockade railway station
Stockade | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | adjacent Hoods Road Northfield |
| Operated by | South Australian Railways |
| Line(s) | Northfield railway line |
| Distance | 15 km from Adelaide |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Tracks | 1 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | demolished |
| History | |
| Opened | June 1857 |
| Closed | July 1961 |
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.