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Ellenbrook Line
The Ellenbrook line, known as the Morley–Ellenbrook line during construction, is a suburban railway line in Perth, Western Australia, which is operated by the Public Transport Authority (Western Australia), Public Transport Authority as part of the Transperth system. The line branches from the Midland line, Perth, Midland line at Bayswater railway station, Perth, Bayswater station and heads north-north-west to serve five stations along a route to Ellenbrook, Western Australia, Ellenbrook. Ellenbrook line services continue west of Bayswater station alongside Midland and Airport line, Perth, Airport line services to terminate at Perth railway station, Perth station in the central business district. Land for a transit line to Ellenbrook was reserved in the 1990s during the first stages of the development of Ellenbrook as a "master planned community". A railway line to Ellenbrook was promised by both major political parties in the leadup to the 2008 Western Australian state elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonkin Highway
Tonkin Highway is an north–south highway and partial freeway in Perth, Western Australia, linking Perth Airport and Kewdale, Western Australia, Kewdale with the city's north-eastern and south-eastern suburbs. As of April 2020, the northern terminus is at the interchange with Brand Highway and Great Northern Highway in Muchea, Western Australia, Muchea, and the southern terminus is at Thomas Road in Oakford, Western Australia, Oakford. It forms the entire length of List of road routes in Perth, Western Australia#4, State Route 4, and connects to several major roads. Besides Brand Highway and Great Northern Highway, it also connects to Reid Highway, Great Eastern Highway, Leach Highway, Roe Highway, and Albany Highway. Planning for the route began in the 1950s, but the first segment between Wattle Grove, Western Australia, Wattle Grove and Cloverdale, Western Australia, Cloverdale was not opened until 1980. Over the next five years, the highway was extended north to Great East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayswater Railway Station, Perth
Bayswater railway station is a suburban rail station in Bayswater, Western Australia, Bayswater, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. It is the junction station for Transperth's Midland line, Perth, Midland, Airport line, Perth, Airport, and Ellenbrook line, Ellenbrook lines. The station first opened in 1896 on the Eastern Railway (Western Australia), Perth to Midland railway with two side platforms and an adjacent goods yard. It served as the junction station for the Belmont railway line, Western Australia, Belmont spur line between 1896 and 1956. Bayswater station was rebuilt as an island platform just to the north in the late 1960s when the Midland line was converted from narrow gauge to dual gauge; the standard gauge trains were unable to fit between the side platforms. Around that time, the goods yard closed. A second rebuild of Bayswater station began in January 2021 in order to increase the number of platforms to four to accommodate the under-construction Airport and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noranda Railway Station
Noranda railway station is a suburban rail station that is part of the Transperth network. It opened in 2024 as a station on the Ellenbrook line, serving the Perth suburbs of Beechboro, Kiara and Noranda. It is in the median of Tonkin Highway, just north of Benara Road. History In August 2019, the location of the station was revealed. In November 2019, Metronet did a community survey to decide where to put the station car park. The three options were south-west, north-west or north-east of Benara Road and Tonkin Highway. In the end, the north-east option was the most preferred option, with 66% of respondents preferring that option. The reasons included that it does not require a signalised intersection unlike the other options, and it had the largest amount of car bays of the three options. In September 2020, Laing O'Rourke was announced as the preferred proponent for the construction of the Ellenbrook railway line. The station and the rest of the line were officiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morley Railway Station, Perth
Morley railway station is a suburban railway station on the Ellenbrook line in Embleton, Western Australia, Embleton and Morley, Western Australia, Morley, suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. Located in the median strip of Tonkin Highway at the Broun Avenue flyover, Morley station consists of an island platform at ground level with entrances on both sides of the Broun Avenue bridge. A bus interchange is located on the southern side of the bridge and a multi-storey car park is to the south-west. Early works under the Tonkin Gap project started in November 2020, which included the replacement of the Broun Avenue bridge, which occurred throughout 2022. The main contract for the construction of the Ellenbrook line was awarded to Laing O'Rourke in October 2020. Morley station reached completion in November 2024, and on 8 December 2024, the Ellenbrook line opened. During peak hour, peak, trains stop at Morley station every twelve minutes in each direction, increasing to every fiftee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
