Work starts on SA’s Seaford rail extension

Geotechnical investigations are now being conducted at around 50 locations along the rail corridor, with a mounted rig boring holes to a depth of approximately 20 metres to ascertain the ground profile of the area which will inform the detailed design of the extension.
“The people of the southern suburbs have been calling for this extension and now we’re looking forward to better, quicker and greener public transport in the south,” Minister for the Southern Suburbs John Hill said.
“This construction project will create more than 400 jobs over the next four years and there will be permanent jobs in this area in the future for drivers, maintenance workers and station staff.”
Construction of the extension is expected to start mid-2010 with electric train services to begin operating in 2013, in line with the completion of the electrification of the Noarlunga line.
The 5.5 kilometre extension of the dual track rail line from Noarlunga to Seaford will include:
.Stations and a bus/train interchange at the Seaford rail terminus, as well as Park and Ride facilities at Seaford Meadows;
.SA’s longest (1.2 kilometres) elevated bridge over the Onkaparinga River and River Road as well as a rail bridge over Old Honeypot Road;
.Three new road bridges over the track at Goldsmith Drive, Seaford Road and Lynton Terrace;
.New accesses and footbridges for cyclists and pedestrians