North Fremantle railway station explained

North Fremantle
Style:Transperth
Style2:FRE
Address:Stirling Highway, North Fremantle
Country:Australia
Coordinates:-32.0301°N 115.7518°W
Distance:16.2 kilometres from Perth
Structure:Ground
Platform:2 (1 island)
Tracks:3
Opened:1881
Rebuilt:28 July 1991
Electrified:Yes
Code:FNF
99341 (platform 1)
99342 (platform 2)
Owned:Public Transport Authority
Operator:Transperth
Zone:2
Passengers:168,147
Pass Year:2013–14
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Caption:Location of North Fremantle railway station
Mapframe-Zoom:13

North Fremantle railway station is a railway station on the Transperth network. It is located on the Fremantle line, 16.2 kilometres from Perth, serving the Fremantle suburb of North Fremantle.

History

The original North Fremantle station on the north side of Tydeman Street opened in 1881.[1] In 1964, a new station halt opened in conjunction with a new Fremantle Railway Bridge with the original site redeveloped as a diesel locomotive depot.[2]

On 28 July 1991 as part of the electrification of the line, a new station opened 800 metres to the north also replacing Leighton station that was a further 700 metres further north.[3] [4]

To the west of the station lies a freight line to the closed Leighton Marshalling Yard.

Services

North Fremantle station is served by Transperth Fremantle line services from Fremantle to Perth that continue through to Midland via the Midland line.[5] [6]

North Fremantle station saw 168,147 passengers in the 2013–14 financial year.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Occasional Notes. 21 October 1881. The West Australian. 2. 10 March 2014.
  2. Book: Minchin. RS. Higham. GJ. Robb's Railway Fremantle to Guildford Railway Centenary. 1981. Australian Railway Historical Society. Bassendean. 0-9599690-2-0. 37.
  3. http://www.pta.wa.gov.au/aboutus/ourhistory/tabid/42/default.aspx Our History
  4. 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
  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: 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.