The station was relocated and added to Perth's suburban rail network in 2025. It expanded from a single-platform station served by 4 regional trains per day, to a combined suburban and regional train, bus and coach interchange in Byford's new town centre served by 8 metropolitan trains per hour in peak periods, and 4 metropolitan trains off peak and on weekends. The new station opened on 12 October 2025.[1]
History
The 1990s Australind station in 2022
The original Byford station was opened as Beenup in May 1893. It was renamed in April 1920.
It was also the terminus for selected services from Perth, and location of sidings to the State Brickworks[2] and Naval Ordinance Depot.[3]
The station was staffed between 1912 and 1965, apart from a brief period of closure between 1916 and 1919.[4] The station was demolished in the late 1980s.[5] In the late 1990s, a new station was built approximately 400 metres south of Abernethy Road. Until 2023, it was served only by the Australind, a regional train to Bunbury.[6]
Armadale line extension
As part of Metronet, it was announced that the TransperthArmadale line service would be extended to a new station in Byford, approximately 400 metres north of Abernethy Road.[7][8][9]
The new station includes parking for approximately 400 cars, a new bus interchange and a pedestrian connection across the rail line. Additionally, several level crossings along the line between Armadale and Byford were removed as part of the project, including Thomas Road, which was replaced with a road-over-rail bridge, and Larsen Road, which was closed and replaced with a pedestrian bridge.[10][11]
Construction of the new railway station in November 2024
On 19 November 2023, the final Australind service left Perth before the closure of the Armadale line between Victoria Park and Armadale (from 8 June 2025, between Cannington and Armadale). The line's temporary closure to the end of 2025 was to allow works for a level crossing removal project and extension of electrification to Byford; the existing Byford station was permanently closed and replaced with the new station which opened on 12 October 2025. Australind services will resume in early 2026 and use a dedicated platform at the new Byford station.[12][13]
↑ "Byford". Harvey Murray Times. Vol.IV, no.93. Western Australia. 3 April 1936. p.3. Retrieved 16 November 2024– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Pipeline To Naval Depot". The Daily News. Vol.LXIX, no.23, 880. Western Australia. 26 October 1951. p.3 (FINAL). Retrieved 16 November 2024– via National Library of Australia.
↑ Austin, Jeff; Rail Heritage WA., (issuing body.) (2011), Station masters of Western Australia, Rail Heritage WA, ISBN978-0-9803922-4-1
↑ Evident from the images found at "Byford Station". Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
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