dpti.sa.gov.au/newconnections twitter.com/dpti_sa facebook.com/dptisa ISSUE 10 AUTUMN 2012 Metrocard trial expands 3 Gawler upgrade nears 5 completion Top deck of superway slots into 7 place Duplication of the Southern Expressway 8 home ground begins New Royal Adelaide Hospital live 13 advantage on camera Transformation of Adelaide Oval begins (see page 11). by Hook contents N rail revitalisation 5 gawler 14 roxby downs indoor pool ceduna gp plus 14 and hospital rail 4 electrification Adelaide metro’s 3 metrocard Colonel Light’s vision for Adelaide is immortalised in a statue atop 7 south road superway Montefiore Hill, but I’m quite sure our founding father wouldn’t have wanted the design of our fair city to be similarly set in stone. bowden renewal begins 14 adelaide oval 11 An evolving capital city is crucial to redevelopment the prosperity of our State, so making convention 12 sure Adelaide is the best possible centre expands riverbank W 10 E place to live, work and do business is precinct new royal now at the top of our agenda. 13 adelaide hospital Urban Renewal 12 While it sounds obvious, Adelaide Authority can’t exist without people — people to live in the city, people to socialise in Amy Gillet the city and people to work in the city. 14 bikeway And so Adelaide is evolving again into a place for people. Our record investment in public southern expressway transport is part of the solution, where 8-9 duplication additional buses will connect to faster and more frequent train and tram services and reduce our reliance on cars, in turn making the CBD a more 6 mcLaren vale pedestrian-friendly environment. overpass Together with measures to encourage cycling, residential and commercial 15 jetty makeovers victor 6 dukes highway development and to unlock the seaford safety upgrade 4-5 harbor & kangaroo island potential of the riverbank and the rail extension S city’s network of laneways and thoroughfares, real progress is already being made. It’s progress and intelligence that New Connections online launched can have a positive flow-on into the suburbs and regions where a host of An online news site dedicated to South Australia’s most important infrastructure major transport projects are part of developments has been launched. the bigger picture. One such project is the long- This one-stop site features news about major projects The new site will add to our suite of online and social awaited duplication of the Southern that are changing the way South Australians live, media sources, making it easier to find information Expressway, which we take an travel, play and do business. It means you can follow that will impact upon you now and into the future. the progress of the projects that are building our in-depth look at in this edition of New State’s future in between editions of the hardcopy Connections. issue of New Connections. further information please contact: All in all it’s a picture vastly different to adelaide oval redevelopment 1300 305 255 Visit dpti.sa.gov.au/newconnections for more that painted by Light more than 175 details, videos about major projects and for adelaide metro 1300 311 108 years ago – but one I’m sure he’d be continuous updates as these projects progress. gawler rail revitalisation 1300 782 454 pretty proud of. News published about major projects will include: noarlunga rail revitalisation 1300 782 454 > Adelaide’s public transport revitalisation rail electrification 1800 644 735 Rod Hook > new roads, cycling and walking paths riverbank precinct 1300 305 255 seaford rail extension 1800 791 883 Chief Executive > Riverbank Precinct and the Adelaide Oval south road planning study 1300 794 899 Department of Planning, redevelopments Transport and Infrastructure > projects to improve our health and safety. south road superway 1300 638 789 twiiter.com/dpti_sa facebook.com/dptisa 2 autumn 2012 DISCOVER SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS fast facts project: Metrocard ticketing system Trains, more buses value: $42 million expected completion: late 2012 visit: adelaidemetro.com.au/ticketing/ Metrocard join Metrocard trial call:1300 311 108 what’s next The trial of new Metrocard Customers will begin noticing new validating validators has expanded to trains machines that accept both the existing tickets trial of validators expanded to trains, and ultimately Metrocards. northern buses and trams and trams this year following a The Metrocard system, uses a card that is successful implementation in the touched on the validator each time a bus, train Adelaide Hills. or tram is boarded. The Metrocard system, expected to be fully The card will be able to be recharged at operational in late 2012, uses a card that is selected retail outlets, vending machines, on swiped each time a bus, train or tram is boarded. trains and trams, and online. During the last four months the new validators - Train and tram customers will be able to use that can validate existing magnetic tickets and new vending machines that sell existing single- Metrocards - sucessfully processed more than use and day-trip tickets and will recharge the 100,000 trips on buses in the Adelaide Hills. new Metrocards. The gradual installation of the new validators The current fare structure will be retained with across the public transport fleet is the next step the new system. Future fare changes will only in the delivery of Adelaide’s new $42 million occur in line with the Consumer Price Index. ticketing system. Smart app to track journey Customers will be able to pinpoint the arrival time of buses, trams and trains once new ticketing technology is rolled out across the public transport fleet. The new Metrocard to catch public system, which transport,” includes a GPS he said. device, will give real time information “This will give on the location and everyone the ability to running time of accurately plan their all vehicles. journeys and greatly reduce time waiting at This data will be a stop for a bus, tram offered to third or train.” parties to develop applications for Other initiatives smartphones. include the provision of real-time departure The technology, information, which currently in use will be available on overseas, will be a the AdelaideMetro gigantic leap forward website, via sms or in terms of service by contacting the for customers, Pete InfoLine. McKenna, Customer > A customer Information and Real time smartphone validates applications are their trial Contact Manager said. expected to become Metrocard. “Real time information available for for our buses, trams customers in and trains is the best late 2012. possible information we can make available to those wanting www.dpti.sa.gov.au/newconnections autumn 2012 3 N W E S fast facts project: Seaford rail extension (5.7 N kilometre extension of rail line from Noarlunga to Seaford) value: $291.2 million expected completion: open for passengers in late 2013 visit: infrastructure.sa.gov.au/seaford call: 1800 791 883 what’s next: > lay track along the northern section > continue building Onkaparinga Valley Bridge > complete the Seaford Road Bridge > The new Onkaparinga Valley Bridge is steadily reaching across the valley towards > continue building stations Seaford with half of the 1.2 kilometre bridge already complete. Masts signal electric trains on the way The first masts of the new electric rail network were installed in early 2012, signifying the start of one of the biggest public transport improvement projects in decades. Beginning along the Gawler Gawler to Seaford and AdelaideW installed 50 metres apart, are E track, the first mast was planted to Outer Harbor. connected to the power source during January 2012. The via substations, which in turn masts support overhead wires Along with the track upgrade are connected to the ETSA that will power electric trains, works and the delivery of new power supply. expected to start running on the trains, the electrified system will metropolitan network by the end provide the basis for a modern, Work continues to install of 2013. faster and efficient train service underground services. for customers. Eventually, the electric network fast facts will be installed along more than The masts, which are eight project: electrification of metropolitan 200 kilometres of track from metres tall and will typically be rail network value: part of $2.6 billion overhaul of > Workers pour Adelaide’s public transport network concrete to expected completion: first electrified fix the first electrification train services at the end of 2013 mast on the visit: infrastructure.sa.gov.au Gawler line. what’s next electrification works will begin along the Noarlunga line More services fromS Gawler and Seaford On weekdays between 7am and 7pm trains will run every 15 minutes from both Seaford and Gawler to most stations. In addition, extra services will be added between the peak hours of 7am to 9am and 4pm to 6pm servicing major stations and interchanges. Those using the bus to arrive at the stations can also expect improved connections. 4 autumn 2012 DISCOVER SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS Seaford making tracks Track laying has started along the Since work began last year rapid progress has “Priorities for coming months include completing new Seaford rail extension that been made preparing the rail corridor and building the Seaford Road Bridge, placing track along facilities that will enable the electric trains to the northern section of the track extension and will link the area with Noarlunga operate on the extended track by late 2013. progressing the modern stations that are being built,” he said. and the city. Track has been laid and half of the 1.2 kilometre Onkaparinga Valley Bridge has been completed. “We will also continue work on the elevated rail bridge over the Onkaparinga Valley—the A rail bridge passing over Old Honeypot Road and community will have started to see this take shape a road bridge at Lynton Terrace has been built and over the valley in recent times.” construction of stations at Seaford and Seaford Meadows is well underway.