PERTH RAILWAY STATION

'Perth Train Station' (also known as 'Perth Railway Station', or sometimes called 'City Train Station') is the largest railway station in Perth, Western Australia, and functions as an interchange between the ''Armadale / Thornlie'', ''Clarkson'', ''Fremantle'' and ''Midland'' railway lines.

Contents

History

Plaques in entrance area

Current conditions

Platforms

Bus routes

Connections

References

External links

History

The Victorian style building was built between 1893 and 1894. It replaced an earlier station built when the railway first opened in 1881.
The building has been renovated numerous times since being built, as well as the forecourt entrance area.
The station was the centre of the Western Australian Government Railways system - with most main-line trains leaving from this station. A collection of freight and administrative offices and tearooms were part of the railway station complex. The Westland, Albany Progress, and Mullewa overnight passenger trains departed from this station.
Following the discontinuance of the overnight services, the extension of standard gauge tracks to East Perth, and the relocation of most administrative offices to the new railway building in East Perth, Perth railway station remained as terminus for the Bunbury Australind passenger service only.
For a considerable length of time the forecourt area was utilised for car parking. This is now very limited except for official vehicles. The building had the Barrack Street and William Street bridges as limiting factors to its development, and in its current state is connected to both bridges by escalators and walkways.

Plaques in entrance area

★ 1st March 1981 - Centenary of Fremantle to Guildford Railway

★ 14th November 1989 - Perth-Joondalup Railway first spike driven

★ 28th September 1991 - Introduction of Electric Trains

★ 11th April 1992 - Commissioning Transperth Electric Train Service

★ 25th March 1994 - Centenary of Railway station

Current conditions

Currently, for the New MetroRail project, underground platforms are being developed at William Street. These will be linked to the current Perth railway station.
Other recent works to Perth railway station include the installation of SmartRider infrastructure, including Add Value Machines, Fare gates, attendant offices and fencing.

Platforms

Platforms currently in use are as follows, see here for the old platform arrangements:

'Platform'	'Line'	'Stopping Pattern'	'Notes'
'1'	'Clarkson'	All, C	Pattern C during peak hours on weekdays only
'2'	'Armadale'	All, C
'3'	'Australind'	All stations	Not a suburban service, operated by Transwa
'4'	'Thornlie'	T
'5'	'Clarkson'	W	Services operate on weekdays only
'6'	'Armadale'	C	Peak hours on weekdays only
'7'	'Fremantle'	All, A, B, K, L	Also used for ''Showgrounds shuttle''
'8'	'Fremantle'	School Special services	Services operate on weekends day time only. Also used for normal services when ''Showgrounds Shuttle'' is used.
'9'	'Midland'	All, A, B

Bus routes

Several bus routes stop at the Perth Train Station.
;Beaufort Street

★ '1 Blue CAT' 'Busport - Northbridge - Busport Circular Service'
;Wellington Street

★ '2 Red CAT' 'East Perth - West Perth - East Perth Circular Service'

★ '3 Yellow CAT' to 'East Perth' via Wellington Street

★ '3 Yellow CAT' to 'West Perth' via Wellington Street

★ All services to 'East Perth'

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★ '28' to 'WACA'

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★ '81', '84', '85', '91', '92', '95' to 'Wittenoom Street'

★ '213' to 'Westfield Carousel Shopping Centre' via Albany Highway

★ '220' to 'Armadale Train Station' via Albany Highway

★ '401' to 'Stirling Train Station'

★ '708' to 'Beckenham' via Welshpool Road

★ '904' Train Replacement Service to 'Clarkson'

★ '905' Train Replacement Service to 'Midland'

★ '906' Train Replacement Service to 'Fremantle'

★ '907' Train Replacement Service to 'Armadale'
'William Street (On Horseshoe Bridge)'

★ '1 Blue CAT' 'Busport - Northbridge - Busport Circular Service'

★ All services to 'Esplanade Busport'

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★ '15', '16', '21', '22', '41', '42', '43', '44', '46', '48', '55', '60', '66', '67', '68', '69'

★ '401' to 'Wellington Street Bus Station'

Connections

Buses are also provided at Wellington Street Bus Station for transfers with Perth Train Station.

References

External links

★ Vintage aerial photograph by Frank Hurley at the National Library of Australia