Ashfield railway station, Perth explained

Style:Transperth
Style2:MID
Ashfield
Address:Guildford Road, Railway Parade
Ashfield, Bassendean
Borough:Western Australia
Country:Australia
Coordinates:-31.913°N 115.936°W
Owned:Public Transport Authority
Operator:Transperth Trains
Distance:9.21NaN1 from Perth
Platforms:2 (1 island)
Structure:Open station
Code:MAD
Zone:2
Passengers:143,391
Pass Year:2013–2014
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Caption:Location of Ashfield railway station
Mapframe-Zoom:13

Ashfield railway station is a railway station on the Transperth network. It is located on the Midland line, 9.2km (05.7miles) from Perth station serving the suburb of Ashfield.

History

The station opened as a signal box named Cresco in 1930, with passenger facilities provided in 1954. The signal box remained until 1964.[1]

Construction on a new 83-bay car park started in February 2020. The new car park was needed because 180 bays were permanently removed from Bayswater station in late-2020 due to the construction of the new Bayswater station. Since Ashfield station is in fare zone two, and Bayswater station is in fare zone one, catching the train into the city is more expensive from Ashfield. In order to offset the additional cost for passengers going to Ashfield station instead of Bayswater, the parking at Ashfield station was free during the construction of the new Bayswater station. All other stations on the Transperth network have a $2 per day parking fee.[2] [3] The new carpark opened in October 2020.[4]

Rail services

Ashfield station is served by the Midland line on the Transperth network. This line goes between Midland station and Perth station. Midland line trains stop at the station every 12 minutes during peak on weekdays, and every 15 minutes during the day outside peak every day of the year except Christmas Day. Trains are half-hourly or hourly at night time.[5] The station saw 143,391 passengers in the 2013–2014 financial year.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: History of stations on the Midland line . righttrack.wa.gov.au . 2008-08-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721030410/http://www.righttrack.wa.gov.au/Portals/3/media/History_Midland.pdf . 21 July 2008 . dead.
  2. Web site: Bayswater Station car park fact sheet 2020. 1 August 2020. Metronet.
  3. Web site: Parking relocation to Ashfield station. 1 August 2020. Metronet.
  4. Web site: Bayswater Station – Project Features . Metronet . 6 January 2021.
  5. Web site: Midland Line Train Timetable . Transperth . 16 September 2021.
  6. Web site: Question On Notice No. 4247 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 25 June 2015 by Mr M. Mcgowan . Parliament of Western Australia . 25 June 2015 . 18 September 2021 . 18 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210918130737/https://parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/pquest.nsf/viewLAPQuestByDate/BB931DC99ED6DEC648257E6E00292A38 . live .