Grant Street railway station explained

Grant Street
Style:	Transperth
Style2:	FRE
Address:	Curtin Avenue, Cottesloe
Country:	Australia
Coordinates:	-31.9867°N 115.7649°W
Distance:	from Perth
Structure:	Ground
Platform:	2 side
Tracks:	2
Opened:	1954
Electrified:	Yes
Code:	FGS 99301 (platform 1) 99302 (platform 2)
Owned:	Public Transport Authority
Operator:	Transperth Train Operations
Zone:	2
Passengers:	85,036
Pass Year:	2013–14
Mapframe:	yes
Mapframe-Caption:	Location of Grant Street railway station
Mapframe-Zoom:	13

Grant Street railway station is a railway station on the Transperth network. It is located on the Fremantle line, 11.1 kilometres from Perth station serving the suburb of Cottesloe.

History

Grant Street station opened in 1954.^{[1] [2]} 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.^[3]

Following the introduction of four-carriage trains on 18 August 2002, services could not stop at Grant Street due to the platform lengths with alternative road transport provided.^{[4] [5] [6]} In May 2009, work was completed at the station to extend the platforms, and four-carriage trains now stop at the station.^[7]

Services

Grant Street station is served by Transperth Fremantle line services from Fremantle to Perth that continue through to Midland via the Midland line.^{[8] [9]}

Grant Street station saw 85,036 passengers in the 2013–14 financial year.^[10]

Platforms

Grant Street has two platforms: platform 1 has Perth-bound trains; platform 2 has Fremantle-bound trains.

Notes and References

1. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59698258 New Timetables for Suburbans
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. http://www.pta.wa.gov.au/aboutus/ourhistory/tabid/42/default.aspx Our History
4. https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Gallop/2002/09/New-services-for-Loch-and-Grant-Street-stations.aspx New services for Loch and Grant Street stations
5. https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Gallop/2002/10/Weekend-train-services-to-Loch-and-Grant-Street-Stations-start-again.aspx Weekend train services to Loch and Grant Street Stations start again
6. https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Gallop/2002/11/Plan-to-extend-evening-train-services-to-Loch-and-Grant-Street-Stations.aspx Plan to extend evening train services to Loch and Grant Street Stations
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20090621051258/http://www.pta.wa.gov.au/scripts/viewarticle.asp?NID=2693 Grant Street and Loch Street stations upgrade
8. http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablepdfs/Fremantle%20Line%2020160131.pdf Fremantle Line Timetable
9. https://bitre.gov.au/publications/2012/files/report_131.pdf Understanding Australia's urban railways
10. 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.