Adelaide in a day

Thanks to the small size of Adelaide's network, it's quite possible to explore every line, even branch lines, in a day. The following sample timetables were constructed with the goal of a city start after 9am, preferably 9:30, and 1 hour for lunch. As Tonsley is mostly an hourly service it dictates some times, also changing beteen branch lines seems to be easiest in an anti-clockwise manner, hence southern and western lines are grouped. A fair bit of the timetables can be shifted forward or backward by an hour, however before 9am and after 3pm times tend to change, and some trains service fewer stops.

I have no guarantees about lunch locations, some are just guesses.

Station Shops Other interests
Belair No idea National park, historic station
Gawler Central Main st Gawler: historic station
Sailsbury John St Lots of shops, bus interchange
Outer Harbour No idea! Passenger terminal (ships)
Pt Adelaide Nearby Lots of meuseums, sometimes markets
Grange Deli's and servos Beach within walking distance
Noarlunga No idea! No idea!

The Options

There are basically six options, as there are three main line groups (3 factorial = 6). The line groups are:

Giving the options:

Option 2 SWN

Arrive

Depart

Dwell

Adelaide

10:00 AM

Belair

10:33 AM

10:41 AM

0:08

Goodwood

11:07 AM

11:09 AM

0:02

Tonsley

11:23 AM

11:28 AM

0:05

Woodlands Pk

11:35 AM

11:54 AM

0:19

or Goodwood

11:43 AM

11:48 AM

0:05

Brighton

12:08 PM

12:16 PM

0:08

Noarlunga

12:36 PM

12:43 PM

0:07

Lunch

12:36 PM

1:13 PM

0:37

Adelaide

1:52 PM

2:00 PM

0:08

Grange

2:23 PM

2:35 PM

0:12

Woodville

2:44 PM

2:45 PM

0:01

Outer Harbour

3:11 PM

3:17 PM

0:06

Adelaide

3:52 PM

4:03 PM

0:11

Adl - direct

3:52 AM

4:19 AM

0:27

Dry Creek

4:32 AM

4:38 AM

0:06

Gawler Central

5:09 AM

5:15 AM

0:06

Adelaide

6:14 AM

 

Option 4 SNW

Arrive

Depart

Dwell

Adelaide

10:00 AM

Belair

10:33 AM

10:41 AM

0:08

Goodwood

11:07 AM

11:09 AM

0:02

Tonsley

11:23 AM

11:28 AM

0:05

Woodlands Pk

11:35 AM

11:54 AM

0:19

or Goodwood

11:43 AM

11:48 AM

0:05

Brighton

12:08 PM

12:16 PM

0:08

Noarlunga

12:36 PM

12:43 PM

0:07

Lunch

12:36 PM

1:43 PM

1:07

Adelaide

2:22 PM

2:27 PM

0:05

Gawler

3:21 PM

3:26 PM

0:05

Adelaide

4:22 AM

4:30 AM

0:08

Grange

4:52 PM

4:56 PM

0:04

Woodville

5:05 PM

5:15 PM

0:10

Glanville

5:26 PM

5:29 PM

0:03

Outer Harbour

5:54 PM

6:10 PM

0:16

Adelaide

6:45 AM

 

Option 5 NSW

Arrive

Depart

Dwell

Adelaide

9:57 AM

Gawler

10:51 AM

10:57 AM

0:06

Adelaide

11:51 AM

12:00 AM

12:09

Belair

12:33 PM

1:41 PM

1:08

Lunch

12:33 PM

1:41 PM

1:08

Goodwood

2:07 PM

2:09 PM

0:02

Tonsley

2:23 PM

2:28 PM

0:05

Woodlands Pk

2:35 PM

2:54 PM

0:19

or Goodwood

2:43 PM

2:48 PM

0:05

Brighton

3:08 PM

3:16 PM

0:08

Noarlunga

3:36 PM

3:43 PM

0:07

Adelaide

4:22 PM

4:30 PM

0:08

Grange

4:52 PM

4:56 PM

0:04

Woodville

5:05 PM

5:15 PM

0:10

Glanville

5:26 PM

5:29 PM

0:03

Outer Harbour

5:44 PM

5:49 PM

0:05

Adelaide

6:24 PM

 

Option 6 NWS

Arrive

Depart

Dwell

Adelaide

9:27 AM

Gawler

10:21 AM

10:27 AM

0:06

Adelaide

11:22 AM

11:30 AM

0:08

Grange

11:53 AM

12:05 PM

0:12

Woodville

12:14 PM

12:15 PM

0:01

Pt Adelaide (L)

12:22 PM

1:22 PM

1:00

Outer Harbour

1:41 PM

1:45 PM

0:04

Adelaide

2:20 PM

2:29 PM

0:09

Belair

3:02 PM

3:09 PM

0:07

Goodwood

3:37 PM

3:53 PM

0:16

Tonsley

4:07 PM

4:16 PM

0:09

Woodlands Pk

4:23 PM

4:40 PM

0:17

or Goodwood

4:31 PM

4:33 PM

0:02

Brighton

4:51 PM

4:56 PM

0:05

Noarlunga

5:18 PM

5:22 PM

0:04

Adelaide

6:09 PM

 

 

Option 7 WNS

Arrive

Depart

Dwell

Adelaide

9:30 AM

Grange

9:53 AM

10:05 AM

0:12

Woodville

10:14 AM

10:15 AM

0:01

Outer Harbour

10:41 AM

10:45 AM

0:04

Adelaide

11:20 AM

11:27 AM

0:07

Gawler (L)

12:21 PM

1:27 PM

1:06

Adelaide

2:22 PM

2:29 PM

0:07

Belair

3:02 PM

3:09 PM

0:07

Goodwood

3:37 PM

3:53 PM

0:16

Tonsley

4:07 PM

4:16 PM

0:09

Woodlands Pk

4:23 PM

4:40 PM

0:17

or Goodwood

4:31 PM

4:33 PM

0:02

Brighton

4:51 PM

4:56 PM

0:05

Noarlunga

5:18 PM

5:22 PM

0:04

Adelaide

6:09 PM

 

Option 8 WSN

Arrive

Depart

Dwell

Adelaide

10:00 AM

Grange

10:23 AM

10:35 AM

0:12

Woodville

10:44 AM

10:45 AM

0:01

Outer Harbour

11:11 AM

11:15 AM

0:04

Adelaide

11:50 AM

12:00 PM

0:10

Belair (L)

12:33 PM

1:41 PM

1:08

Goodwood

2:07 PM

2:09 PM

0:02

Tonsley

2:23 PM

2:28 PM

0:05

Woodlands Pk

2:35 PM

2:54 PM

0:19

or Goodwood

2:43 PM

2:48 PM

0:05

Brighton

3:08 PM

3:16 PM

0:08

Noarlunga

3:36 PM

3:43 PM

0:07

Adelaide

4:22 PM

4:46 PM

0:24

Gawler

5:35 PM

5:57 PM

0:22

Adelaide

6:55 PM


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