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East Perth
View from Public Transport Centre in February 2021
General information
Location	East Parade, East Perth Australia
Coordinates	31°56′38″S 115°52′37″E / 31.943896°S 115.876976°E / -31.943896; 115.876976
Owned by	Public Transport Authority
Operated by	Transperth Train Operations
Line(s)	Airport line      Ellenbrook line      Midland line
Distance	1.90 kilometres (1.18 mi) from Perth
Platforms	2 (1 island), 1 side
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Status	Staffed
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1969
Rebuilt	2016–2018
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2013-14	200,284
Services
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Location Location of East Perth station

East Perth railway station is located on the Midland, Airport, and Ellenbrook lines in Perth, Western Australia. It is operated by Transperth serving the suburb of East Perth. It is adjacent to the East Perth Terminal and Public Transport Centre.

History

The site occupied by East Perth station, East Perth Terminal and the Public Transport Centre was formerly the East Perth Locomotive Depot.

The station took the name of the previous East Perth station, which was renamed Claisebrook. The former East Perth railway station was removed on the change of the railway system in the late 1960s.

The original East Perth railway station opened in 1883, and in the early 20th century was found the name East Perth Junction (the junction being the line that proceeded to Armadale and joined the Eastern Railway close to the station). It was renamed Claisebrook in 1969.

As part of the Perth Stadium transport works, the station was upgraded over a two-year period from 2016 to 2018. Due to the large numbers expected to utilise the station on event days, an upgrade was required to ensure that the station could handle the large crowds, as well as to make it fully accessible. Works included lengthening platforms and associated shelters to handle four to six car trains, upgrading and expanding lifts, staircases and walkways, and expanding car and bike parking spaces. In addition, platforms were resurfaced, tactile markings were added and four new lifts were installed to make the station fully compliant with disability access standards.

Platforms

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Legend
Track layout and surrounding railyard
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East Perth railway station is located on the Midland line, the Airport line, and the Ellenbrook line on the Transperth network. Services on that line will go between Ellenbrook railway station and Perth railway station. Midland line, Airport line, and Ellenbrook line trains stop at the station every 10 minutes during peak on weekdays, and every 15 minutes during the day outside peak every day of the year except Christmas Day. Trains are half-hourly or hourly at night time. The station saw 200,284 passengers in the 2013-14 financial year.

The long, approximately 650 m (2,130 ft) platform to the west of platforms 1 and 2 is the East Perth Terminal platform. It is served by regional and interstate trains.

Bus routes

Transperth services

Coach routes

Transwa coach services, departing East Perth Terminal

References

1. ^ "Question On Notice No. 4247 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 25 June 2015 by Mr M. Mcgowan". Parliament of Western Australia. 25 June 2015. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
2. East Perth Station Archived 12 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine History of Western Australian Railways & Stations
3. History at a Glance Public Transport Authority
4. Higham, G. J; Geoproject Solutions (2006), Where WAS that? : an historical gazetteer of Western Australia (2nd ed.), Geoproject Solutions, ISBN 978-0-9758024-0-3
5. "East Perth Station Upgrade". Archived from the original on 3 September 2016.
6. "Public Transport".
7. "Manual – Rail Access" (PDF). Public Transport Authority. 19 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
8. "All aboard: date set for opening of METRONET Forrestfield-Airport Link". Media Statements. 16 August 2022. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
9. de Kruijff, Peter (16 August 2022). "Long-delayed $1.9b Forrestfield-Airport rail link to open in October". WAtoday. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
10. "Forrestfield-Airport Link Project Overview" (PDF). Metronet. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
11. "Signed on the dotted (Morley-Ellenbrook) Line". Metronet. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
12. "Morley-Ellenbrook Line Project Update - January 2021" (PDF). Metronet. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
13. "Morley–Ellenbrook Line Project Definition Plan" (PDF). Metronet. June 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
14. "Midland Line Train Timetable" (PDF). Transperth. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

• East Perth, Western Australia
• Midland line, Perth
• Transperth railway stations
• Railway stations in Australia opened in 1969
• Airport line, Perth
• Transwa railway stations
• Ellenbrook line