Bowden Railway Station
Bowden is the first station on the suburban railway lines from Adelaide to Outer Harbor and Grange. It is 2.7 km (1¾ miles) from Adelaide. The station has the Caution More Than One Train lights. These are used at various times of the day especially peak hour.
Bowden serves the inner-city suburbs of Bowden, Brompton and Hindmarsh. The station mainly caters for workers commuting to nearby factories and patrons of events at the nearby Hindmarsh Stadium and Adelaide Entertainment Centre. The importance of the station has decreased as older industries based in the vicinity have declined.
The station retains its original 1856 brick and stone station building on the northbound platform, although this is now unattended, as are most stations on the TransAdelaide network.
There are plans to rebuild Bowden and make it into a tunnel. This is part of the Bowden project. Recently in 2012 a cafe opened at the Heritage Building at Bowden railway station on Platform 1.
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