PRO: Marion Road Level Crossing Removal Project | $200m

[SBD]

Two bridges. My understanding is that a new short rail bridge will be created across Sturt River to create a new entry access point to the Glengowrie Tram Depot. Although I don't see how they can do this without property acquisition or closing off the Maxwell Terrace bridge altogether.

Or the Glengowrie depot will be closed, with a new one in Hindmarsh.

The advantage of keeping Glengowrie is in reduced operating costs for morning services to start at Glenelg and evening services to terminate there. The same reason that most of the trains are stabled overnight near the ends of the network.

[dbl96]

The open air carpark at 58-66 Manton Street would seem like the most feasible and likely option for a new tram depot at Hindmarsh. It would be logical to extend the line down Port Road, hook left into Milner Street and have a stop there That can service Coopers Stadium and the Education Development Centre and then a short stub along either along Manton Road or Orsmond Street to the new depot.

The Milner St/Manton St dogleg is also what would be required to extend the tram line along Grange Rd, as contemplated by the AdeLink study.