Fremantle railway line, Perth

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Fremantle Railway Line
Legend 0.0km Perth Station William Street Tunnel Roe Street Tunnel Bus Lane Crossing West Perth West Perth Subway 1.6km City West Loftus Street Bridge 2.7km West Leederville 3.7km Subiaco 5.0km Daglish Daglish Siding Nicholson Road Underpass 5.9km Shenton Park 7.4km Karrakata 8km Loch Street Old Showgrounds station Ashton Avenue Bridge 8.6km Showgrounds (special events only) Showgrounds Siding Shenton Road Underpass 9.3km Claremont Stirling Road Underpass Swanbourne Claremont Crescent Bridge 11.1km Grant Street Eric Street Bridge Napier Street Crossing Forest Street Crossing 12.4km Cottesloe Jarred Street Crossing Salvado Street Crossing 13.5km Mosman Park Victoria Street Crossing 14.2km Victoria Street 16.2km North Fremantle Leighton Fremantle Freight Spur Tydeman Road Bridge Swan River Port Entrance Fremantle Rail Yard 18.7km Fremantle Phillimore Street Crossing 19.8km The Esplanade Capo d'Orlando Drive Crossing 20.9km Success Harbour Ocean Road Crossing 22.0km South Beach Spearwood
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Fremantle Line is a suburban railway line in Perth, Western Australia. It runs through Perth's western suburbs and connects Perth and Fremantle.

History

The line was the first suburban railway line in Perth, opening on 1 March 1881. It originally operated as the Eastern Railway and ran between Fremantle and Guildford through Perth. Throughout the 1880s, the line was extended to Chidlow and then to Clackline, York and Northam.

Fremantle was also the location of the first railway workshops for the Western Australian Government Railways. They were re-located in Midland Railway Workshops in 1904.

In 1966, the stations in the Avon Valley were closed and Midland became the new terminus. Railway services on the Fremantle line then closed on 1 September 1979 during the Court Liberal government, and re-opened on 29 July 1983 by a new Labor government.

During 1990 work commenced on building a new North Fremantle platform 1 km north of its original location; on 28 July 1991, the rebuilt North Fremantle opened. The Leighton Beach Train Station, that was 300m further north, was demolished during the upgrade of the rail line from diesel to electric as there needed to be further distances between stations.

There were several stations south of Fremantle Station, including The Esplanade (19.8 km), Success Harbour (20.9 km) South Beach (22.0 km), and Spearwood, but all are now closed, with Spearwood having been demolished.

Stations

During peak periods, trains omit some stops.

• Red denotes city stations.
• Blue denotes Fremantle line stations.
• Black denotes terminus.

Stopping Patterns

• All - all stops to Fremantle.
• A - stops at City West and Subiaco, express to Claremont, then all stops to Fremantle.
• B - all stops to Claremont, express to Fremantle.
• D - (To Perth) departs from Loch Street, all stops to Perth.
• D - (To Fremantle) all stops to Shenton Park, terminates at Shenton Park.
• K - all stops to Fremantle except Karrakatta and Swanbourne.
• L - all stops to Fremantle except Loch Street and Grant Street.
• S - (To Perth) All stops to Claremont, then Shenton Park, Subiaco, City West and Perth.
• S+ - pattern deviations to All, A, and B patterns to stop at Showgrounds. When this pattern runs, K and L patterns do not operate, and Loch Street and Grant Street stations are not used.

Old Stopping Patterns

• H - (To Fremantle) all stops to Daglish.

School Special Services

• E - (To Perth only) Stops at Fremantle, all stations from Mosman Park to Claremont, then at Shenton Park, West Leederville, City West and Perth.
• P - (To Perth) Stops at Fremantle and Perth.

• P - (To Fremantle) Departs from Shenton Park, running all stations to Fremantle.
• S - (To Fremantle) Stops at Perth, City West, West Leederville, Subiaco, Shenton Park, Claremont, Swanbourne, Cottesloe, and Fremantle.

See also

• Transperth
• Transperth Trains
• List of Perth railway stations