Perth Stadium railway station

Perth Stadium railway station is a railway station on the Transperth network. It is located on the Armadale line, 3.2 kilometres from Perth railway station serving the new Perth Stadium. It was completed in December 2017 and opened on 21 January 2018. The station cost A$145 million to build and is the second biggest station on the Perth network.

Perth Stadium
Perth Stadium station in December 2017
LocationVictoria Park Drive, Burswood
Australia
Coordinates31°57′00″S 115°53′34″E
Owned byPublic Transport Authority
Operated byTransperth
Line(s)     Armadale line
Distance3.2 kilometres from Perth
Platforms6 (3 islands)
Tracks6
Construction
Structure typeGround
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeASM
27785 (platform 1)
27786 (platform 2)
27787 (platform 3)
27788 (platform 4)
27789 (platform 5)
27790 (platform 6)
Fare zone1
History
Opening21 January 2018
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Transperth Following station
Claisebrook
towards Perth
 Armadale line
AB
 Burswood
towards Armadale
Armadale line
CP
 Oats Street
towards Armadale
Leederville
towards Elizabeth Quay
 Joondalup line
BE
 Terminus

History
Perth Stadium station under construction, May 2016
Panorama of the southern concourse

On 18 October 2013, Belmont Park railway station was closed to make way for the Perth Stadium railway station.[1][2]

In October 2014, three parties were shortlisted to bid for the construction of the station:[3][4]

The contract was awarded to Laing O'Rourke/AECOM in March 2015, with a targeted completion date of late 2017.[5]

In January 2015, a 1.4 kilometre section of the line between Goongoongup Bridge and Burswood station was moved closer to the Graham Farmer Freeway to facilitate construction of the station.[6] Construction of the station commenced in August 2015,[7] and was completed in December 2017, before the stadium's opening in January 2018.[8]

Platforms and services

Train services to the station vary with specific events at the stadium.[9] 28,000 people are expected to use the station in the hour after a 60,000 person event at the stadium.[10] Thus to facilitate the flow of the large crowds expected during events, there are no escalators going between platforms or the entrance, but there are 11 lifts for those with disabilities or prams. All trains on the Armadale line stop at the station on weekends.[11]

The platform layout for Stadium station has six platform faces from three island platforms.[12] Trains headed towards Perth do not stop at Claisebrook or McIver stations.[13] Connecting from the Thornlie line requires a bus to Cannington station and then a train to Stadium station.[12]

There are two concourses from the station towards the stadium: the western concourse, located at the northern side, for the Joondalup and Fremantle lines; and the eastern concourse, located towards the south east, for the Armadale line and buses to Perth Station.[14][15]

[2779] Stadium station platforms
Stop Platform Line Stopping pattern Destination Notes
27785 1 Perth Perth Drops passengers at Perth Platform 6, then goes to Leederville to turn back to Perth Underground[13]
27786 2 Armadale Perth
27787 3 Fremantle FS Fremantle Runs express to City West, then stops all stations to Fremantle.
27788 4 Joondalup BE Butler, Clarkson Runs express to Leederville, then stops all stations to Butler or Clarkson.
27789 5 Armadale Armadale
27790 6 Armadale Armadale

See also

References
  1. "Belmont Park stop to give way to Stadium Station". Government of Western Australia. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. "Perth's Belmont Park station to close in October in preparation for new stadium station". Urbanlyst. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  3. Trio competes for Perth stadium rail contract Construction Industry News 27 October 2014
  4. Three groups shortlisted to build Perth's new stadium station Urbanlyst 28 October 2014
  5. Perth stadium station contract let The West Australian 19 March 2015
  6. "Armadale line moved to allow Perth Stadium station construction to commence" Railway Digest March 2015 page 26
  7. Stadium Station New Perth Stadium
  8. Cookson, Jasmine. "Perth Stadium train station complete ahead of venue's January opening". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  9. "Optus Stadium". Transperth. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  10. Freestone, Jamie. "Perth Stadium Station officially open ahead of ground's first event in January". The West Australian. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  11. "Public Transport". Optus Stadium. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  12. "Fact Sheet: Transport Solution By Train" (PDF). New Perth Stadium. Government of Western Australia. March 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  13. "New Perth Stadium Transport: Project Definition Plan" (PDF). Government of Western Australia. December 2012. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  14. "Getting to and from Optus Stadium: A guide to using the new public transport system" (PDF). Transperth. 16 January 2018. p. 5. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  15. Tickets to the Stadium open day, 21 January 2018
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