Perth railway station

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Perth / Perth Underground
Armadale / Thornlie Line
Fremantle Line
Joondalup Line
Midland Line
Mandurah Line
Transwa Australind
Station code	MPH
Street	Wellington Street, Roe Street, William Street, Murray Street
Suburb	Perth
Fare zone	1, FTZ
Distance from Perth Station	0 km
Stopping patterns	All, A, B, C, E, K, L, S, T, W
Number of platforms	9
Platform architecture	1 island above ground, 4 side above ground, 1 island underground
Station structure	Closed Station
Access by	Main Entrance, Upper Concourse
Transit guard booth	Yes
Train transfer	Yes
Bus transfer	Yes, at WSBS
Park 'n' Ride	No
Lock 'n' Ride	No
Lifts	4 at main platforms, 3 at underground platforms
Escalators	9 at main platforms, 9 at underground platforms
Add Value Machines	Yes, also accepts cash notes
Public telephones	Yes
Public toilets	Yes (not at Perth Underground)

Perth Station including Perth Underground is the largest railway station in Perth, Western Australia, and functions as an interchange between the Armadale / Thornlie, Joondalup, Fremantle, Midland and Mandurah railway lines.

Contents 1 History 2 Plaques in entrance area 3 Services 3.1 Platforms 3.2 Bus routes 4 Gallery 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links

[edit] History

Further information: Rail transport in Western Australia

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 (as well as suburban services).

The railway building has at times housed various commercial operations - as well as Police offices. The WA Craft Council was in the building in the 1980's ^[1]

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, though the William Street entrance is fenced off.

New underground platforms were developed to the east of William Street (between Wellington and Murray Streets) as part of the New MetroRail project. They are linked to the original Perth railway station via a walkway under Wellington Street, and there is also an entrance from the west end of the Murray Street pedestrian mall. Services commenced on the new platforms at 5:37am on October 15, 2007. The new platforms, numbered 1 and 2, are known as Perth Underground but are also considered part of the overall Perth railway station. The new underground platforms, like the old Joondalup line platform, have no bins.

Other recent works to Perth railway station include the installation of SmartRider infrastructure, including Add Value Machines, fare gates, attendant offices and fencing.

[edit] 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

[edit] Services

[edit] Platforms

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

Platform	Line	Stopping Pattern	Notes
[3001] Perth Underground platforms
1	Joondalup	All, C, W	Pattern C during peak hours on weekdays only
2	Mandurah	All, C, K, W	Pattern C during on weekdays only
[2776] Main platforms
3	Australind	All stations	Transwa regional service to Bunbury
4	Thornlie	T
5	Armadale	All, B, C
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

[edit] Bus routes

Several bus routes stop at the Perth Train Station. Buses are also provided at Wellington Street Bus Station for transfers with Perth Train Station.

Route Number	Destination / Description
[12129] Beaufort Street
1 Blue CAT	Busport - Northbridge - Busport Circular Service
[12924] Wellington Street (west bound Red/Yellow CAT)
2 Red CAT	East Perth - West Perth - East Perth Circular Service
3 Yellow CAT	to West Perth via Wellington Street
[12901] Wellington Street (east bound Red/Yellow CAT)
2 Red CAT	East Perth - West Perth - East Perth Circular Service
3 Yellow CAT	to East Perth via Wellington Street
[12902] Wellington Street (east bound)
28	to WACA, East Perth
81, 84, 85, 91, 92, 95	to Wittenoom Street, East Perth
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
[10221] William Street (on Horseshoe Bridge)
1 Blue CAT	Busport - Northbridge - Busport Circular Service
15, 16, 21, 22, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 48, 55, 60, 66, 67, 68, 69	to Esplanade Busport
401	to Wellington Street Bus Station

[edit] Gallery

Entrance to Perth Underground platforms from Murray Street pedestrian mall.	Suburban trains on platforms 6 (right) and 9	Perth Station facing Joolndalup	The train to Thornlie (left) and the Australind at Perth Train Station
Perth Underground platforms (1&2)

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

• Finlayson, Don (1986) Steam around Perth ARHS WA - has photos of the earlier forms of the station - page 55 for example

[edit] External links

• Transperth website
• Vintage aerial photograph by Frank Hurley at the National Library of Australia

• Perth railway station is at coordinates 31°57′05″S 115°51′38″E / -31.951493, 115.860448 (Perth railway station)Coordinates: 31°57′05″S 115°51′38″E / -31.951493, 115.860448 (Perth railway station)

Preceding station		Transperth Trains network		Following station
Terminus		Midland Line All, A, B, E		McIver SmartRider Free Transit Zone towards Midland
		Fremantle Line All, A, B, K, L, S		City West SmartRider Free Transit Zone towards Fremantle
		Armadale Line All, B, C		McIver SmartRider Free Transit Zone towards Armadale
		Thornlie Line T		McIver SmartRider Free Transit Zone towards Thornlie
Esplanade SmartRider Free Transit Zone Terminus		Joondalup Line All, W		Leederville Zone 1 towards Whitfords or Clarkson
		Joondalup Line C		Stirling Zone 2 towards Clarkson
Terminus		Mandurah Line All, C, K, W		Esplanade SmartRider Free Transit Zone towards Cockburn Central, Rockingham or Mandurah
Preceding station		Transwa Trains network		Following station
Terminus		Australind		Armadale towards Bunbury