City West railway station explained

City West
Style:Transperth
Address:Railway Street, West Perth, Western Australia
Country:Australia
Coordinates:-31.9448°N 115.8454°W
Distance:1.6 kilometres from Perth
Structure:Ground
Platform:2 side
Tracks:2
Opened:18 June 1986
Electrified:Yes
Owned:Public Transport Authority
Operator:Transperth Train Operations
Zone:1 /
Former:West Perth
Passengers:514,121
Pass Year:2013–14
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Caption:Location of City West station
Mapframe-Zoom:13

City West railway station is a railway station on the Transperth network in Western Australia. It is located on the Fremantle line and Airport line, 1.6 kilometres from Perth station serving the suburb of West Perth.

History

The original West Perth station opened in 1883 as North Perth. It was renamed West Perth in 1890. The station closed on 1 September 1979 along with the rest of the Fremantle line, re-opening on 29 July 1983 when services were restored.[1] [2] On 18 June 1986, a new West Perth station opened on the other side of the West Perth Subway.[3] It was renamed City West on 19 November 1987 in conjunction with the opening of an adjacent Parry Corporation commercial development of the same name.[4] It is now a major transport option for students of the nearby Perth Modern School.

Services

City West station is served by Transperth Fremantle line services from Fremantle to Perth that continue through to Midland via the Midland line, and Airport line services from Claremont to High Wycombe.[5] [6]

It has received Airport line services since 10 October 2022.[7] [8]

City West station saw 514,121 passengers in the 2013–14 financial year.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.pta.wa.gov.au/aboutus/ourhistory/tabid/42/default.aspx Our History
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20080721030836/http://www.righttrack.wa.gov.au/Portals/3/media/History_Fremantle.pdf History of Stations on the Fremantle Line
  3. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:City_West_May_2014_plaque1.jpg Station plaque
  4. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:City West May 2014 plaque2.jpg Station plaque
  5. http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablepdfs/Fremantle%20Line%2020160131.pdf Fremantle Line Timetable
  6. https://bitre.gov.au/publications/2012/files/report_131.pdf Understanding Australia's urban railways
  7. Web site: New Airport Line a win for commuters with services to almost double . Media Statements . 20 September 2022 .
  8. Web site: de Kruijff . Peter . Long-delayed $1.9b Forrestfield-Airport rail link to open in October . WAtoday . 16 August 2022.
  9. Web site: Question On Notice No. 4244 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 25 June 2015 by Mr M. Mcgowan . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220205/https://parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/pquest.nsf/viewLAPQuestByDate/4440C3F6F8C0E53248257E6E00293108 . 5 February 2022 . live. Parliament of Western Australia . 2 December 2021.