Grant Street railway station is a railway station on the Transperth network. It is located on the Fremantle line, 11.1 kilometres from Perth station serving the suburb of Cottesloe.
Grant Street | |||||||||||
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 Northbound view in May 2012 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Curtin Avenue, Cottesloe Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°59′12″S 115°45′54″E / 31.986676°S 115.764876°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Public Transport Authority | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Transperth Train Operations | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Fremantle line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 11.1 kilometres (6.9 mi) from Perth | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Station code | FGS 99301 (platform 1) 99302 (platform 2) | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1954 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2013–14 | 85,036 | ||||||||||
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History
editGrant Street station opened in 1954.[1][2] The station closed on 1 September 1979 along with the rest of the Fremantle line, re-opening on 29 July 1983 when services were restored.[3]
Following the introduction of four-carriage trains on 18 August 2002, services could not stop at Grant Street due to the platform lengths with alternative road transport provided.[4][5][6] In May 2009, work was completed at the station to extend the platforms, and four-carriage trains now stop at the station.[7]
Services
editGrant Street station is served by Transperth Fremantle line services from Fremantle to Perth that continue through to Midland via the Midland line.[8][9]
Grant Street station saw 85,036 passengers in the 2013–14 financial year.[10]
Platforms
editGrant Street has two platforms: platform 1 has Perth-bound trains; platform 2 has Fremantle-bound trains.
References
edit- ^ New Timetables for Suburbans Sunday Times 21 November 1954 page 6
- ^ History of Stations on the Fremantle Line Right Track
- ^ Our History Public Transport Authority
- ^ New services for Loch and Grant Street stations Archived 25 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine Minister for Planning & Infrastructure 13 September 2002
- ^ Weekend train services to Loch and Grant Street Stations start again Archived 25 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine Minister for Planning & Infrastructure 11 October 2002
- ^ Plan to extend evening train services to Loch and Grant Street Stations Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Minister for Planning & Infrastructure 1 November 2002
- ^ Grant Street and Loch Street stations upgrade Public Transport Authority
- ^ Fremantle Line Timetable Archived 21 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine Transperth 31 January 2016
- ^ Understanding Australia's urban railways Bureau of Infrastructure Transport & Regional Economics July 2012 page 12
- ^ "Question On Notice No. 4244 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 25 June 2015 by Mr M. Mcgowan". Parliament of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
External links
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