List of closed Perth railway stations
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This is a list of stations that have been closed and since demolished since the building of the Railway in metropolitan Perth
Western Australia
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and Darlington
, concrete platform edges remain.
Although Mundaring Branch Railway
stations were closed in 1954, it was not until the 1960s that the line was closed in Parliament, and the line and stations removed after that.
(via Parkerville or Mundaring) were considered to be part of the metropolitan service, by the WAGR
administration at the time they were operating.
Tredale, after Armadale station on the Armadale line and built to service Armadale Senior High School, closed in the mid 1980s.
Wellard Train Station resided near the current Kwinana Freeway and railway underpass.
Naval Base once had a train station to serve the factory workers for the Alcoa Alumina Refinery.
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
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Mundaring Line
In some cases there are stations that were so effectively removed that there are no traces left -such as Bellevue. However in MundaringMundaring, Western Australia
Mundaring is a suburb located 34 km east of Perth on the Great Eastern Highway. The suburb is located within the Shire of Mundaring.The Aboriginal name of the area 'Mindah-lung', said to mean 'a high place on a high place', was anglicised to become 'Mundaring'.The Mundaring area is also considered...
and Darlington
Darlington, Western Australia
Darlington, Western Australia, is a locality in the Shire of Mundaring on the Darling Scarp, dissected by Nyaania Creek and north of the Helena River.- Location :...
, concrete platform edges remain.
Although Mundaring Branch Railway
Mundaring Branch Railway
The Mundaring Branch Railway is an historical section of the original Eastern Railway main line across the Darling Scarp in the Western Australian Government Railways system.- Name variation :...
stations were closed in 1954, it was not until the 1960s that the line was closed in Parliament, and the line and stations removed after that.
Metropolitan lines
The lines to Karragullen along the Upper Darling Range Railway, and to ChidlowChidlow, Western Australia
Chidlow is a small community in the Shire of Mundaring approximately 45 kilometres east of Perth, Western Australia.-History:The Chidlow townsite was originally named Chidlow's Well after a small waterhole near the old Northam road. The watering place had been known to travellers for many years and...
(via Parkerville or Mundaring) were considered to be part of the metropolitan service, by the WAGR
Western Australian Government Railways
Western Australian Government Railways was most common name of the Western Australian government rail transport authority from 1890 to 1976. It is, in its current form, known as the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia....
administration at the time they were operating.
Section closures
In some cases single stations have been closed for logistic reasons - generally it is a group of stations when a section of railway has been closed.Closed 1930 - 1949
- Bushmead Upper Darling Range
- Kalamunda Upper Darling Range
- Pickering Brook Upper Darling Range
- Walliston Upper Darling Range
Closed 1950 - 1966
- Mundaring Weir Mundaring Weir line, closed November 14, 1952
- Belmont, closed January 1957 after fire damaged the bridge over the Swan RiverSwan River (Western Australia)The Swan River estuary flows through the city of Perth, in the south west of Western Australia. Its lower reaches are relatively wide and deep, with few constrictions, while the upper reaches are usually quite narrow and shallow....
Eastern Railway First Route (Mundaring Loop)
Traffic ceased on the Mundaring Loop between Bellevue and Mount Helena in 1954 before it was officially finally closed by parliament in 1966.- Greenmount, stayed open for Mountain Quarry, Boya until 1 January 1966
- Boya
- Darlington
- Glen Forrest
- Nyaania
- Mahogany Creek
- Zamia
- Mundaring
- Sawyers Valley
- Mount Helena
Armadale Line
- Canning Park Racecourse was closed in 1952, accessed via a siding from Maddington, then later truncated to a 100 m siding for the loading of blue metal from Swan Quarry, in Orange Grove. Closed and removed by 1975.
Eastern Railway Second Route
The Second Route closed on 13 February 1966.- Midland Junction
- BellevueBellevue railway station, PerthBellevue railway station was an important junction station when the Eastern Railway first route passed through to Greenmount in the 1880s, when the second route passed through to Swan View, in the 1890s - until the closure of the two routes in 1966 when the station was removed...
- Helena ValeHelena Vale, Western AustraliaHelena Vale was the original name for Midland Junction in Western Australia between 1885 and 1901.It was also the earlier name of the Midland Junction Municipality between 1895 and 1901....
- Swan View
- National Park
- Hovea
- Parkerville
- Stoneville
- Chidlow
America's Cup defence
In 1987 the America's Cup was defended at Fremantle - and a number of stations were created on the 1906 era line to Robbs Jetty and Spearwood line.- EsplanadeThe Esplanade railway station, FremantleThe Esplanade is a closed railway station beyond the Fremantle railway station and Fremantle Line in Perth, Western Australia. It is 19.8 km from Perth....
- Success Harbour
- Robbs Jetty
- South Beach
- Spearwood
- Leighton, closed 28 July 1991. This station closed when the North Fremantle railway station was relocated further north of its original position. It was named not after a suburb, but after Leighton Beach.
- Stokely was situated on the Armadale Line between Maddington and Gosnells at the Albany HighwayAlbany HighwayAlbany Highway is a generally northwest-southeast highway in the south of Western Australia which links the state's capital Perth with its oldest settlement, Albany. The highway is approximately in length, is designated State Route 30 and separates Western Australia's Great Southern region from...
crossing. - West Perth renamed City West
Closed 2000-present
- Lathlain (ALN) Armadale Line, closed 3 February 2003
Unknown date
Higham, on the Armadale Line between Cannington and Kenwick at William Street, renamed Beckenham around 1970.Tredale, after Armadale station on the Armadale line and built to service Armadale Senior High School, closed in the mid 1980s.
Wellard Train Station resided near the current Kwinana Freeway and railway underpass.
Naval Base once had a train station to serve the factory workers for the Alcoa Alumina Refinery.
Resources
- A useful map drawn by J. Austin showing all rail services intact as of 1949 is found in Finlayson, Don (1986) Steam around PerthARHS WA page 48. The list of closures is in table form on pages 49 and 50.
- Higham, G.J. 'Where WAS that? : an historical gazetteer of Western Australia' Winthrop, W.A. : Geoproject Solutions Pty Ltd, 2006. 2nd ed. ISBN 0975802402
- Watson, Lindsay The Railway History Of Midland Junction : Commemorating The Centenary Of Midland Junction, 1895-1995 Swan View, W.A : L & S Drafting in association with the Shire of Swan and the Western Australian Light Railway Preservation Association, [1995]
- Watson, Lindsay.Midland Junction Railway Station Western rails, Vol 9, no.4(July 1987), p. 10-12
- Verney, Terry 'Thru Midland' The WESTLAND issue 218, March 2003 p. 4