Islington railway station is located on the Gawler line.Gawler Central timetable , Adelaide Metro, 6 November 2022 Situated in the inner northern Adelaide suburb of Prospect adjacent to Regency Road, it is from the Adelaide railway station.
History
Islington station was opened in December 1856 as part of the Gawler Town railway line.
North of the station lie the Islington Railway Workshops, once owned by the South Australian Railways and now by rail-related specialist companies.Islington Railways Workshop Group , Australian Heritage Places Inventory To the west of the station lies the Australian Rail Track Corporation's standard-gauge line to Crystal Brook; trains on this track do not stop at Islington. On the eastern side of the station lay a road–rail transfer yard with which TNT and Holden were involved. The yard had closed by the late 1990s and remained unused until 2008, when it was completely cleared to make way for a new residential development. In 2014, decontamination of the site commenced.Isington Railyards, Archived, 13 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure, September 2014.
The station was refurbished in early 2022 during electrification works on the Gawler line. The refurbishment of the station included platform resurfacing, new shelters, seating, way-finding and lighting.Station Refresh Program Works: Islington Railway Station, Department for Infrastructure & Transport - South Australia, December 2021
Services by platform Islington station has two single-face platforms to handle passenger traffic for Adelaide Metro's Gawler line services; these are broad gauge. It is a designated a high-frequency station, with trains scheduled every 15 minutes on weekdays, between 7:30am and 6:30pm. PlatformDestination1Gawler and Gawler Central2Adelaide The station is also served by Adelaide Metro's route Suburban Connector bus at Stop 15 Regency Road.Route 100 timetable , Adelaide Metro, 25 January 2015
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