Perth Stadium railway station

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Perth Stadium
Perth Stadium railway station, December 2017 02.jpg
Perth Stadium station in December 2017
General information
LocationVictoria Park Drive, Burswood, Western Australia
Australia
Coordinates 31°57′00″S115°53′34″E / 31.94995°S 115.892876°E / -31.94995; 115.892876
Owned by Public Transport Authority
Operated by Transperth Train Operations
Line(s)      Armadale line
Distance3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) from Perth
Platforms6 platform faces on 3 island platforms
Tracks6
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Opened2 December 2017
Services
Preceding station Transperth icon.svg Transperth Following station
Claisebrook
Transperth Free Transit Zone.svg
towards Perth
Armadale line
(closed until 2025)
 Burswood
towards Armadale
Events
Perth
Transperth Free Transit Zone.svg
Terminus
 Armadale line
Stadium Shuttle
Terminus
Terminus Yanchep line Leederville
towards Butler, Clarkson or Whitfords
Fremantle line City West
towards Fremantle
Location
Perth Stadium railway station
Location of Perth Stadium railway station

Perth Stadium railway station is a railway station in Burswood, Western Australia, next to Perth Stadium (known under sponsorship as Optus Stadium). It is located on the Armadale Line With six platforms, the station is the second largest on the Transperth network, after Perth railway station.

Contents

Before and after events, there are special services which run direct for the Fremantle line and Yanchep line.

Description

Perth Stadium station is along the South Western Railway, which links Perth to Bunbury. [1] The northern 30.4 kilometres (18.9 mi) of this railway, between Perth and Armadale, is used by Armadale line suburban rail services as part of the Transperth network. [2] [3] The line and the station is owned by the Public Transport Authority (PTA), an agency of the Government of Western Australia. [4]

Perth Stadium station is to the east of Perth Stadium and to the west of the Graham Farmer Freeway, underneath Victoria Park Drive within the Perth suburb of Burswood, Western Australia. [5] Adjacent stations are Claisebrook station to the west and Burswood station to the south-east.

The station has two concourses: the western concourse and the eastern concourse. The western concourse is north-west of Victoria Park Drive, and is only accessible on event days. That concourse is used to access platforms three and four. The eastern concourse is south-east of Victoria Park Drive and can be accessed from the stadium using an underpass under that road. That concourse can be used to access all platforms. Both concourses have stairs and lifts down to ground level, and toilets at their entrance. [5]

The station is designed to move over 28,000 people following an event, nearly half of the stadium's 60,000 person capacity. [6] [7]

The station is listed as an independent access station on the Transperth website as the platform can be accessed using lifts, the platform gap is small, and tactile paving is in place. [8]

History

Perth Stadium station under construction, May 2016 Stadium Railway Station construction, May 2016 03.jpg
Perth Stadium station under construction, May 2016
Panorama of the southern concourse Panorama View Of Perth Stadium Station (Eastern Concourse).jpg
Panorama of the southern concourse

On 18 October 2013, Belmont Park railway station was closed to make way for the Perth Stadium railway station. [9] [10]

In October 2014, three parties were shortlisted to bid for the construction of the station: [11] [12]

The contract was awarded to Laing O'Rourke/AECOM in March 2015, with a targeted completion date of late 2017. [13]

In January 2015, a 1.4 kilometre section of the line between Goongoongup Bridge and Burswood station was moved closer to the Graham Farmer Freeway to facilitate construction of the station. [14]

Construction of the station commenced in August 2015 [15]

Construction was completed in December 2017, before the stadium's opening in January 2018. [16]

The station was announced as complete in a media statement from the state government on 2 December 2017. [7] [17]

The station hosts its first major event - the free Community Open Day on Sunday January 21, 2018 [17]

The station dropped its status as a 'Special Event Station' as trains on the Armadale Line began stopping at the station during the week from Tuesday, 2 April 2024 [18]

Platforms and services

Trains serving Perth Stadium station are operated by Transperth Train Operations, a division of the PTA. [20]

On days with no events, the station is served by Armadale line services. This means a frequency of four trains per hour during the day, with a lower frequency at night. [3] Perth-bound trains use platforms 1 and 2, and Armadale-bound trains use platforms 5 and 6, [5] with only platforms 2 and 5 operating on days with no events

For full-capacity events at Perth Stadium, the station is also served by direct services from the Fremantle and Yanchep lines, which operate in addition to regular services along those lines. [6] Fremantle line trains use platform 3 and Yanchep line trains use platform 4. [5] There is also a shuttle which goes from Perth Stadium station to Perth station, which can be used to transfer to and from the Mandurah line, Midland line and the previously mentioned lines. Before events, the station is served by Thornlie line services, but after events, the Thornlie line does not operate, so patrons have to catch the Armadale line to Cannington railway station and then catch a rail replacement bus. Services may vary for events not projected to be full capacity. [6] Prior to the station opening, the proportion of passengers for each line was predicted to be 3,000 for the Armadale line, 2,800 for the Fremantle line, 7,500 for the Yanchep line (then known as the Joondalup line) and 10,700 for the Mandurah line. [7]

Platforms currently in use are as follows:

Perth Stadium station platforms [21] [22]
StopPlatformLineStopping patternDestinationNotes
990311 Armadale Perth Stadium shuttle Perth Events only.
990322 Armadale All stations Perth [3]
990333 Armadale Perth Stadium shuttleTerminusEvents only.
Fremantle Fremantle Events only.
990344 Armadale Perth Stadium shuttleTerminusEvents only.
Yanchep Yanchep Events only.
990355 Armadale All stations Armadale [3]
990366 Armadale Perth Stadium shuttleTerminusEvents only.

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