The Esplanade railway station
The Esplanade | |||||||||||
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 The station in 2011, viewed from the top of the ferris wheel. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Mews Road, Fremantle Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°03′32″S 115°44′43″E / 32.0589°S 115.7454°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Public Transport Authority | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Transperth | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Fremantle | ||||||||||
| Distance | 19.8 kilometres from Perth | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1986 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1987 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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The Esplanade railway station was a railway station on the Transperth network. It was located on the Fremantle line, 19.8 kilometres from Perth station between Bathers Beach and Esplanade Park.
History
On 22 October 1898, the Fremantle line was extended south from Fremantle to Robbs Jetty.[1]
For the staging of the 1987 America's Cup, the existing narrow and standard gauge tracks were combined as one dual gauge line with three temporary stations erected, one of which was The Esplanade. Between October 1986 and February 1987, the Hotham Valley Railway operated a daily service on this section of the line with a W class steam locomotive as the Spinnaker Run.[2] This was supplemented by Transperth special services. Having not been used since, the station was demolished in September 2018.[3][4]
References
- ^ Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-909650-49-0.
- ^ A Descriptive History of Hotham Valley Tourist Railway Hotham Valley Railway
- ^ Fremantle Line Platform Demolitions Public Transport Authority
- ^ Fremantle line platforms removed Railway Digest November 2018 page 27