North Fremantle railway station
North Fremantle | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Stirling Highway, North Fremantle Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°01′48″S 115°45′06″E / 32.030054°S 115.751760°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Public Transport Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Transperth | ||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Fremantle line | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 16.2 kilometres from Perth | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | FNF 99341 (platform 1) 99342 (platform 2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1881 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 28 July 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||
2013–14 | 168,147 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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]
Platforms
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Source[8] |
Stop | Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Destination | Notes |
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99341 | 1 | Fremantle | All stations, +S | Perth | |
99342 | 2 | Fremantle | All stations, +S | Fremantle |
Bus routes
[edit]Stop | Route | Destination / description | Notes |
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Stirling Highway (north bound) | 998 | CircleRoute clockwise via Stirling Highway[9] | Limited stops[9] |
107 | to Claremont Station via Victoria Street & Palmerston Street[10] | ||
906 | Rail replacement service to Perth station | ||
Stirling Highway (south bound) | 999 | CircleRoute anti-clockwise via Stirling Highway[11] | Limited stops[11] |
107 | to Fremantle Station via Queen Victoria Street[10] | ||
906 | Rail replacement service to Fremantle station |
References
[edit]- ^ "Occasional Notes". The West Australian. 21 October 1881. p. 2. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ Minchin, RS; Higham, GJ (1981). Robb's Railway Fremantle to Guildford Railway Centenary. Bassendean: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 37. ISBN 0-9599690-2-0.
- ^ Our History Public Transport Authority
- ^ History of Stations on the Fremantle Line Right Track
- ^ Fremantle Line Timetable Transperth 31 January 2016
- ^ Understanding Australia's urban railways Archived 14 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Bureau of Infrastructure Transport & Regional Economics July 2012 page 12
- ^ "Question On Notice No. 4244 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 25 June 2015 by Mr M. Mcgowan". Parliament of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Manual – Rail Access" (PDF). Public Transport Authority. 19 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Route 998". CircleRoute Timetable 200 (PDF) (CircleRoute). Transperth. 12 June 2024 [effective from 15 July 2024].
- ^ a b "Route 107". Bus Timetable 31 (PDF). Transperth. 11 July 2024 [effective from 11 August 2024].
- ^ a b "Route 999". CircleRoute Timetable 200 (PDF) (CircleRoute). Transperth. 12 June 2024 [effective from 15 July 2024].
External links
[edit]Media related to North Fremantle railway station at Wikimedia Commons