Fremantle railway line

Fremantle Line is a suburban railway line in Perth, Western Australia. Trains operate from Fremantle across Perth's western suburbs, through Perth Station to Midland.

History

The line was the first suburban railway line in Perth, opening on 1 March 1881. It originally operated as the Eastern Railway and ran between Fremantle and Guildford through Perth. During the 1880s, the line was extended through Midland Junction to Chidlow and then to Clackline, York and Northam.

Fremantle was also the location of the first railway workshops for the Western Australian Government Railways. They were re-located to Midland Junction in 1904.

In 1966, the stations in the Avon Valley were closed and Midland became the new terminus.

Railway services on the Fremantle line were suspended on 1 September 1979 during the Court government, and re-opened on 29 July 1983 by a new Labor government.

During 1990 work commenced on building a new North Fremantle station, 800m north of its original location; on 28 July 1991, the rebuilt North Fremantle opened. Leighton Station, which was 700m further north, was demolished during the upgrade of the rail line from diesel to overhead catenary electric. Regular electric services started in September 1991.

There were several stations south of Fremantle Station, including The Esplanade (19.8 km), Success Harbour (20.9 km), South Beach (22.0 km), and Spearwood, but all are now closed, with Spearwood having been demolished. Overhead electric cabling terminates at Fremantle Station.

Works are planned to sink the Fremantle Line between Lake Street and the Horseshoe Bridge in the Perth CBD to allow for a redevelopment of the area. When the development is completed, Perth Station's Fremantle to Midland platform will become an island platform, with an additional platform and track built on the north side. Platforms 6 and 8, west of the Horseshoe Bridge, will be demolished.

As of April 2011 the works were already behind the published schedule. In June 2011 a $237 million cost blow-out was revealed, added to a 2009 project estimate of $500 million. Completion of the development is currently planned for 2014.

Stations

During peak periods, trains omit some stops.

• Red denotes city stations.
• Blue denotes Fremantle line stations.
• Black denotes termini.

Name of Station	Code	Zone	Serving Suburbs	Pattern stops at this station							Transfers
Fremantle Line
Perth	MPH	1, FTZ	Perth, Northbridge	All	A	B	DP		K	L	Through train on Midland Line, Platform transfer to Armadale / Thornlie Line, Joondalup Line and Mandurah Line Transwa Australind service to Bunbury Bus transfers at Wellington Street bus station
City West	FCW	1, FTZ	West Perth	All	A	B	DP		K	L
West Leederville	FWL	1	West Leederville, Subiaco, Subiaco Oval	All		B	DP		K	L	Mandurah Line special event services terminate here. (Services runs between here and Mandurah/Cockburn Central. Services do not stop at City West, Perth or Esplanade railway stations)
Subiaco	FSO	1	Subiaco, Subiaco Oval, Wembley	All	A	B	DP		K	L	Bus transfers
Daglish	FDH	1	Daglish, Jolimont	All		B	DP		K	L
Shenton Park	FSP	1	Shenton Park	All		B	DP	DF	K	L	CircleRoute
Karrakatta	FKA	1	Karrakatta, Mount Claremont	All		B	DP	DF		L
Loch Street	FLS	1	Karrakatta, Claremont Showgrounds	All		B	DP	DF	K
Showgrounds	FSG	1	Claremont, Claremont Showgrounds	Special events only
Claremont	FCT	1	Claremont	All	A	B		DF	K	L	Bus transfers
Swanbourne	FSE	2	Swanbourne, Claremont	All	A			DF		L
Grant Street	FGS	2	Cottesloe, Swanbourne	All	A			DF	K
Cottesloe	FCE	2	Cottesloe, Peppermint Grove	All	A			DF	K	L	Bus transfers
Mosman Park	FMP	2	Mosman Park, Cottesloe	All	A			DF	K	L
Victoria Street	FVS	2	Mosman Park, Cottesloe	All	A			DF	K	L
North Fremantle	FNF	2	North Fremantle	All	A			DF	K	L
Fremantle	FFE	2	Fremantle	All	A	B		DF	K	L	Bus transfers, CircleRoute

Stopping Patterns

• All - all stops to Fremantle.
• A - stops at City West and Subiaco, express to Claremont, then all stops to Fremantle.
• B - all stops to Claremont, express to Fremantle.
• D^P - (To Perth) departs from Loch Street, all stops to Perth.
• D^F - (To Fremantle) all stops to Shenton Park, terminates at Shenton Park.
• K - all stops to Fremantle except Karrakatta and Swanbourne.
• L - all stops to Fremantle except Loch Street and Grant Street.
• M - all stops to West Leederville, running on special events only.
• S - (To Perth) All stops to Claremont, then Shenton Park, Subiaco, City West and Perth.
• S+ - pattern deviations to All, A, and B patterns to stop at Showgrounds. When this pattern runs, K and L patterns do not operate, and Loch Street and Grant Street stations are not used.

Old Stopping Patterns

• H - (To Fremantle) all stops to Daglish.

School special services

• E - (To Perth only) Stops at Fremantle, all stations from Mosman Park to Claremont, then at Shenton Park, West Leederville, City West and Perth.
• P - (To Perth) Stops at Fremantle and Perth.

• P - (To Fremantle) Departs from Shenton Park, running all stations to Fremantle.
• S - (To Fremantle) Stops at Perth, City West, West Leederville, Subiaco, Shenton Park, Claremont, Swanbourne, Cottesloe, and Fremantle.

See also

• Transperth
• Transperth Trains
• List of Perth railway stations