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Shenton Park railway station (officially Shenton Park Station) is a commuter railway station in Shenton Park, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The station is on the Fremantle railway line, which is part of the Transperth public transport network. It has an island platform, accessed by a pedestrian underpass. The station is only partially accessible due to a steep ramp. Services run every 10 minutes during peak, and every 15 minutes outside peak, and on weekends and public holidays. The journey to Perth railway station is 6.0 kilometres (3.7 mi), and takes 9 minutes.

Shenton Park
Shenton Park platform shelter in December 2021
General information
Location	Railway Road and Stubbs Terrace, Shenton Park Western Australia Australia
Coordinates	31°57′35″S 115°48′20″E
Owned by	Public Transport Authority
Operated by	Transperth Train Operations
Line(s)	Fremantle line
Distance	6.0 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Perth
Platforms	2 platform faces with 1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Station code	FSP 99241 (platform 1) 99242 (platform 2)
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1 September 1908
Previous names	West Subiaco
Passengers
2013–14	239,100
Services
Preceding station Transperth Following station Daglish towards Perth Fremantle line All Karrakatta towards Fremantle Fremantle line D Terminus Future Daglish towards High Wycombe Airport line Karrakatta towards Claremont

Description

Shenton Park railway station is in Shenton Park, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth. It is located between Railway Road to the south-east, and Stubbs Terrace to the north-west.[1] The station is 6.0 kilometres (3.7 mi),[2] or a 9-minute train journey, from Perth railway station. The adjacent stations are Daglish railway station towards Perth, and Karrakatta railway station towards Fremantle.[3][4]

The station consists of a single island platform with two platform faces. The platform is approximately 95 metres (312 ft) long, or long enough for a Transperth 4 car train, but not a 6 car train. At the southern half of the platform is a pedestrian underpass, accessible from the platform by a ramp and stairs.[1] The station is not fully accessible as the underpass ramp is too steep.[4]

History

The Fremantle–Guildford railway line opened in 1881.[5] On 1 September 1908, Shenton Park railway station opened, named West Subiaco railway station at the time. This came after years of the residents lobbying. At the opening was the Premier of Western Australia Newton Moore, the member of parliament for Subiaco and Mayor of Subiaco Henry Daglish, and the councillors of the Municipality of Subiaco.[6][5][7]

In 1934, it was renamed to its present name.[8] Initially, the government denied the municipal council's request for the name change,[9] but it was eventually approved.[10]

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.[11]

Services

Shenton Park railway station is served by the Fremantle line on the Transperth network. Services are operated by Transperth Train Operations, a division of the Public Transport Authority.[12][13] The line goes between Fremantle railway station and Perth railway station, continuing past Perth as the Midland railway line. It is set to receive Airport line services commencing on 10 October 2022.[14][15] Services on the Airport line will go between High Wycombe railway station and Claremont railway station.[16] Fremantle line trains stop at the station every 10 minutes during peak on weekdays, and every 15 minutes outside peak, and on weekends and public holidays. Christmas Day has a different timetable to other public holidays. At night time, trains are half-hourly or hourly.[3] When the Airport line opens, Fremantle line trains will stop every 12 minutes during peak, and Airport line trains will stop every 12 minutes during peak, for a combined frequency of a train every 6 minutes towards Perth. During off peak, each line will have a train every 15 minutes.[17] The station saw 239,100 passengers in the 2013–14 financial year.[18] In 2015, the station had 1,026 average weekday boardings.[19]

On Stubbs Terrace is a pair of bus stops for routes 998 and 999, which are also known as the CircleRoute.[1] Route 998 travels clockwise around Perth, and route 999 travels anticlockwise.[20] On Railway Road is a pair of rail replacement bus stops. These stops are served by route 906 when trains are not running.[1]

References

External links

• Shenton Park Station information page from Transperth

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