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Spearwood–Armadale Railway Line
The Spearwood–Armadale railway line (also known as the Jandakot or Bibra Lake lines) was a Western Australian Government Railways line connecting Spearwood, Western Australia, Spearwood to Armadale, Western Australia, Armadale south of Perth. History In January 1904, the ''Jandakot Railway Act 1904'' was assented for a line from a junction with the Fremantle railway line, Fremantle line at Woodman Point, Woodman's Point to Jandakot, Western Australia, Jandakot, with the line opening on 1 April 1906. In December 1906, the ''Jandakot-Armadale Railway Act 1906'' was assented for an extension from Jandakot to Armadale railway station, Perth, Armadale to join the South Western Railway, Western Australia, South Western Railway, with the line opening on 15 July 1907. It was constructed in response to the need to transport agricultural goods in the Armadale and Forrestdale areas to the port of Fremantle Harbour, Fremantle. With the construction of a new Kwinana railway line, Kw ...
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Spearwood Railway Station
Spearwood railway station was a railway station on the Perth rail network. It was located on the Spearwood–Armadale line, from Perth station in Spearwood. History On 1 April 1906, the Spearwood–Armadale line opened from a junction with the Fremantle line at Robbs Jetty to Jandakot, being extended to connect with the South Western Railway at Armadale on 15 July 1907. In 1909, some of the buildings from Jandakot station were moved to Spearwood station. The station was little more than a raised wooden platform covered with dirt and a couple of wooden sheds. Initially only served by freight trains, a passenger service began in 1913. Spearwood didn't gain a station platform until after 1923. It was the last station on the line to get a platform. Passenger services ceased on the line in the 1950s, running after that time for only special occasions such as the Perth Royal Show, for employees of the Watsonia factory. The Jandakot line was curtailed to become a freight on ...
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