[2] The original line from Adelaide ran directly to Port Dock station, the site now occupied by the National Railway Museum.

Port Adelaide Commercial Road was quite a substantial building, with long platforms, an overall roof and a signal cabin.

[3] Currently, Port Adelaide station's two elevated platforms are on a viaduct that carries the railway across Commercial Road.

This allowed freight traffic from Dry Creek via the Rosewater loop to access industrial facilities on the Lefevre Peninsula and the container terminal at Pelican Point.

In August 2008, freight traffic was diverted to operate via the Mary MacKillop Bridge downstream of the Port Adelaide harbour.