South Beach railway station
South Beach | |||||||||||
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 Southbound view in February 2006 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Ocean Drive, South Fremantle Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°04′38″S 115°45′10″E / 32.0773°S 115.7529°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Public Transport Authority | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Transperth | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Fremantle | ||||||||||
| Distance | 22.0 kilometres from Perth | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1986 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1987 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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South Beach railway station was a railway station on the Transperth network. It was located on the Fremantle line, 22 kilometres from Perth station in South Fremantle.
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 South Beach. 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. Since then South Beach station has not been used.
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 Desciptive History of Hotham Valley Tourist Railway Hotham Valley Railway
External links
Media related to South Beach railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Cockburn - Fremantle track layout SA Track & Signal
- Gallery History of Western Australian Railways & Stations
