Armadale Railway Station, Perth
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Armadale Station is a railway station on the South Western Railway, 30 kilometres from
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serving the suburb of Armadale, Brookdale and
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. It is the terminating point for
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Armadale line The Armadale line is a suburban rail service in Western Australia that runs from Perth to Armadale on the South Western Railway. This service is planned to extend to the suburb of Byford over an new railway line constructed as part of the By ...
services and a calling point for
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'' services.


History

The original station opened on 2 May 1893 when the South Western Railway opened from Claisebrook to Pinjarra. As part of the electrification of the line in the early 1990s, a new station was built with the former signal box relocated to the Armadale Tourist Centre. On 6 November 2004 another new station opened. On 15 July 1907 Armadale became a
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when the Spearwood-Armadale line opened. This line closed on 23 January 1964.


Services

Armadale station is the terminus for
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Armadale Line The Armadale line is a suburban rail service in Western Australia that runs from Perth to Armadale on the South Western Railway. This service is planned to extend to the suburb of Byford over an new railway line constructed as part of the By ...
services. It is also served by
Transwa Transwa is Western Australia's regional public transport provider, linking 240 destinations, from Kalbarri in the north to Augusta in the south west to Esperance in the south east. The Transwa system provides transport to the major regional ...
''
Australind Australind is a town in Western Australia, located 12 km north-east of Bunbury's central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Harvey. At the 2016 census, Australind had a population of 14,539. History Prior to Eur ...
'' services to Bunbury. For a time, ''The Australind'' did stop at
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, however this was reverted in April 1992. The station saw 497,748 passengers in the 2013-14 financial year. Beyond the station is a turnaround siding.


Platforms


Bus routes

Armadale is also served by
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services to Perth Coach Terminal, Albany and Esperance.GS1 timetable
Transwa


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