South Beach railway station explained

South Beach
Style:Australian closed station
Style2:Australia closed station
Address:Ocean Drive, South Fremantle
Country:Australia
Coordinates:-32.0773°N 115.7529°W
Distance:22.0 kilometres from Perth
Line:Fremantle
Structure:Ground
Platform:1
Tracks:1
Opened:1986
Closed:1987
Owned:Public Transport Authority
Operator:Transperth

South Beach railway station was a railway station on the Transperth network. It was located on the Fremantle line, 22 kilometres from Perth station in South Fremantle.

History

On 22 October 1898, the Fremantle line was extended south from Fremantle to Robbs Jetty.[1]

For the staging of the 1987 America's Cup, the existing narrow and standard gauge tracks were combined as one dual gauge line with three temporary stations erected, one of which was South Beach. Between October 1986 and February 1987, the Hotham Valley Railway operated a daily service on this section of the line with a W class steam locomotive as the Spinnaker Run.[2] This was supplemented by Transperth special services. Having not been used since, the station was demolished in September 2018.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Quinlan. Howard. Newland. John. Australian railway routes 1854 - 2000. 2000. Australian Railway Historical Society. Redfern. 978-0-909650-49-0. 64.
  2. Web site: A Descriptive History of Hotham Valley Tourist Railway . Hotham Valley Railway .
  3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20181123200058/http://www.pta.wa.gov.au/projects/completed-projects/fremantle-line-platform-demolitions . 2018-11-23 . Fremantle Line Platform Demolitions . Public Transport Authority .
  4. Fremantle line platforms removed . . November 2018 . 27 .