Wellington Street bus station

Wellington Street bus station
Wellington Street bus station circa 2005
General information
Location	Wellington Street, Perth Australia
Coordinates	31°57′02″S115°51′25″E / 31.9505°S 115.857°E / -31.9505; 115.857
Owned by	Public Transport Authority
Operated by	Transperth
Bus routes	34
Bus stands	17
Connections	Train transfer at Perth station
Other information
Fare zone	1 /
History
Opened	2 March 1973
Closed	27 January 2014
Previous names	Perth Central

Wellington Street bus station was a Transperth bus station located next to Perth railway station in the Perth central business district, Western Australia from 1973 until 2014. It was demolished to make way for Perth Busport.

History

Wellington Street bus station was opened on 2 March 1973 as Perth Central bus station by Premier John Tonkin. ^{[1] [2]} It was renamed Wellington Street bus station in 1989 to distinguish it from Esplanade Busport. ^[3]

After just over 40 years of service, the majority of bus services were moved to the temporary Roe Street bus station on 12 January 2014. ^{[4] [5]} Wellington Street bus station remained in use for a further two weeks due to roadworks in the central business district, temporarily servicing Beaufort Street bus services, before finally closing on 27 January 2014 and being demolished soon after. ^{[6] [7]} The station was replaced by the new underground Perth Busport on the same site. To cater for the remaining bus services during the construction period, a temporary replacement Wellington Street bus station opened on 6 July 2014, occupying some of the original site. ^{[8] [9]} This closed on 1 February 2015. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

It had 17 stands and was served by 34 Transperth routes operated by Path Transit, Swan Transit and Transdev WA. ^[13]

References

1. Premier Sees Facilities Need MTT Quarterly April 1973 page 3
2. City bus station on site of former rail freight yard Truck & Bus Transportation July 1973 pages 28/29
3. Closure of Wellington Street bus station Transit Australia April 2014 page 122
4. Kent Acott (4 January 2014). "End of line for city bus station". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
5. End is nigh for Wellington Street Bus Station Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine WAtoday 11 January 2014
6. Wellington St Bus Station demolition under way Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine Minister for Transport 13 February 2014
7. Final stage of bus station demolition Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine Minister for Transport 16 April 2014
8. "Wellington Street Temporary Bus Station". Public Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
9. Bus stop to be demolished Archived 13 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine Australasian Bus & Coach 7 January 2014
10. "Multiple Changes to Transperth Bus Services". Public Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
11. Perth Wellington Street Bus Station Australian Bus issue 68 March 2015 page 10
12. Wellington Street Bus Station closure Australian Bus Panorama issue 30/5 March 2015 page 28
13. Farewell to the Wellington Street Bus Station Rattler issue 447 January 2014 pages 8/9