Belmont Park | |||||||||||||||
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Location | Victoria Park Drive, Burswood Australia | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°57′00″S115°53′34″E / 31.94995°S 115.892876°E | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | Public Transport Authority | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | Transperth | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 3.2 kilometres from Perth | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||
Status | replaced by Perth Stadium | ||||||||||||||
Station code | ABP 99031 (platform 1) 99032 (platform 2) | ||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 1906 | ||||||||||||||
Closed | 18 October 2013 | ||||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||
Previous names | Goodwood | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
2013-14 | 1,358 | ||||||||||||||
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Belmont Park railway station was located on the Armadale/Thornlie line in Perth, Western Australia. It was operated by Transperth serving Belmont Park Racecourse from 1906 until 2013. The station saw 1,358 passengers in the 2013-14 financial year. [1]
Belmont Park station opened in 1906 as Goodwood. [2] In 1979, it was renamed Belmont Park. [3] [4] It was used only when there was an event at the Belmont Park Racecourse. [5]
The station closed on 13 October 2013 to make way for the Perth Stadium station that was built to service Perth Stadium. [6] [7]
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