Clovelly Park railway station was a railway station located on the Flinders line in the south-western Adelaide suburb of Mitchell Park.
History Chrysler Park station, named after the adjoining car factory, opened on 1 July 1966 when the Tonsley line was branched from the Noarlunga Centre line at Ascot Park.Early Starts on SAR Industrial Spur and Standard Gauge Lime-Sand Line Railway Transportation September 1964 page 7New SAR Suburban Branch Opened Railway Transportation July 1966 page 5Focus Railway Gazette 5 August 1966 page 591 The station was located immediately north of the level crossing at Alawoona Avenue. On 26 June 1987 it was renamed Clovelly Park after Chrysler Australia and its factory was acquired by Mitsubishi Motors Australia.Metropolitan Station The Recorder September 1987 page 202
The station became the temporary terminus of the Tonsley line between 1 July 2019 and 20 November 2020, following the closure of the original Tonsley station at Sturt Road to facilitate the extension of the line to Flinders.Tonsley station closing Adelaide Metro 6 June 2019Here & There Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 601 November 1987 page 94 As part of the extension project, Clovelly Park was replaced by a relocated Tonsley station built to the immediate south of the adjacent Alawoona Avenue level crossing;Etheridge, Michelle. (28 February 2018). "New station on track", CoastCity Weekly, p5. the new station being better equipped to serve the residential, light industrial and educational Tonsley Innovation District located on the site of the former car factory.
Clovelly Park station was permanently closed after the last service on 20 November 2020 and demolished. The railway line itself was also temporarily closed at that time, with the new Tonsley and Flinders stations opened on 29 December 2020.
Services by platform PlatformDestinations1Adelaide / Tonsley
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