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Tram Grade Separation Projects

We are removing three level crossings where the Glenelg tram line crosses:

  • Marion Road and Cross Road, Plympton
  • Morphett Road, Morphettville.

Removing the level crossings will:

  • make journeys safer and more reliable for everyone
  • improve safety for local residents, motorists, pedestrians, cyclists and tram drivers
  • provide new, safer and more accessible tram stops with improved pedestrian access
  • improve connection and sense of community between the suburbs either side of the tram line
  • elevate the Mike Turtur bikeway as a shared use path alongside the tram line
  • create new community open space under the overpasses for locals to enjoy.

We are also rebuilding the South Road Tram Overpass to accommodate the River Torrens to Darlington (T2D) Project lowered motorway.

The Tram Grade Separation Projects Alliance (TGSPA) will deliver these projects together with the Department for Infrastructure and Transport.

Along with our Department, the alliance includes:

  • McConnell Dowell
  • CPB Contractors
  • Arup
  • Mott MacDonald
  • sub-Alliance partner Aurecon.

The Australian and South Australian Governments are jointly funding the Tram Grade Separation Projects.

Tram line temporary closures

Once major work begins on the overpasses in August this year, the tram line will close between South Terrace and Glenelg, for up to six months. This will assist in fast-tracking construction and reduce impacts on local residents, businesses, road users. It will allow the overpasses to all be constructed at the same time during a single closure inside the tramline corridor. During this time, services will continue to operate between South Terrace and the Entertainment Centre, and on the Botanic and Festival lines.

We will run substitute buses between South Terrace and Glenelg during this time.

We will have the tram line ready for testing and commissioning late 2025. Services are scheduled to resume late January 2026 in time for the return of school.

Ahead of the six-month partial tram line closure, several short-term weekend closures will be required across the whole network between May and August 2025. This is to prepare the line and ensure trams can be properly stored adjacent to the South Terrace tram stop, to continue servicing the city section of the line.

These closures will take place at the following times;

  • from 9pm Saturday 3 May to last service Sunday, 4 May 2025
  • from first service to last service Sunday 11 May
  • from 9pm Saturday 17 May to last service Sunday 18 May
  • from first service Saturday 31 May to last service Sunday, 1 June
  • from 9pm Saturday 21 June to last service Sunday, 22 June, and
  • from first service Saturday 2 August to last service Sunday 3 August

For information on services during the temporary closures, visit the Adelaide Metro website.

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