In past years, many people travelled by train to Belair at weekends to enjoy the adjacent National Park.

The large 1890s vintage wooden shelter on the main platform was built for these crowds.

There are also a number of stabling sidings for storing passenger trains overnight.

The Bridgewater trains were withdrawn in 1987, attributed to the high cost of operation and low passenger numbers.

Between Goodwood and Belair, the former double track route became two parallel single lines, one broad gauge for Adelaide Metro services, and the former Adelaide bound track was converted to standard gauge for interstate freight.