Aubin Grove railway station (officially Aubin Grove Station) is a
commuter rail
Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter rail systems are con ...
way station serving
Atwell,
Aubin Grove
Aubin may refer to:
* Aubin (name), people with the given name or surname Aubin
* Aubin, Aveyron, France, a commune
* Aubin, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, a commune
* Aubin Codex, a textual and pictorial history of the Aztecs
See also
* Aubi ...
,
Hammond Park and
Success
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, which are suburbs of
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
, Western Australia. It is on the
Mandurah line
The Mandurah line is a commuter railway and service on the Transperth network in Western Australia that runs from Perth south to the state's second largest city Mandurah. The service is operated by Transperth Train Operations, a division of the ...
, which is part of the
Transperth
Transperth is the brand name of the public transport system serving the city and suburban areas of Perth, the state capital of Western Australia. It is managed by the Public Transport Authority (PTA), a state government organisation. Train op ...
network, and is located immediately north of Russell Road in the median of the
Kwinana Freeway
The Kwinana Freeway is a freeway in and beyond the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking central Perth with Mandurah to the south. It is the central section of State Route 2, which continues north as Mitchell Freeway to Cl ...
. It has two platform faces on a singular
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
, which is linked to either side of the freeway by a pedestrian overpass. Services run every 10 minutes during peak and every 15 minutes between peak. The journey to
Perth railway station
Perth railway station is the largest station on the Transperth network, serving the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. It serves as an interchange between the Airport, Armadale, Fremantle, Joondalup, Mandurah and Midland ...
is and takes 21 minutes. The station has a bus interchange with four bus stands and seven regular bus routes.
Construction of the station was promised by both major political parties ahead of the
2013 Western Australian state election
The 2013 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 9 March 2013 to elect 59 members to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Western Australian Legislative Council, Legislative Counci ...
. A tender was released for the station's construction in July 2014, with a projected cost of $80 million for the whole project, including the purchase of two
Transperth B-series train
The B-series trains are a class of electric multiple unit built by Downer Rail in Maryborough, Queensland for Transperth between 2004 and 2019.
History
Perth's first electrified trains, the two-carriage A-Series, entered service in Septem ...
s. The design contract was awarded in February 2015 to a joint venture between Coniglio Ainsworth Architects and M. P. S. Architects. The scope of the project was broadened in April 2015 to include the widening of the Russell Road bridge over the freeway, which increased the project budget to $105 million. Construction on the station began in March 2016, and it was opened on 23 April 2017, with the final cost being $125 million.
Description
Aubin Grove station is located in the median strip of the
Kwinana Freeway
The Kwinana Freeway is a freeway in and beyond the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking central Perth with Mandurah to the south. It is the central section of State Route 2, which continues north as Mitchell Freeway to Cl ...
, just north of Russell Road.
It is on the border of
Atwell and
Success
Success is the state or condition of meeting a defined range of expectations. It may be viewed as the opposite of failure. The criteria for success depend on context, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system. One person mig ...
, which are suburbs of
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
, Western Australia. It is also near
Aubin Grove
Aubin may refer to:
* Aubin (name), people with the given name or surname Aubin
* Aubin, Aveyron, France, a commune
* Aubin, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, a commune
* Aubin Codex, a textual and pictorial history of the Aztecs
See also
* Aubi ...
and
Hammond Park, which are just south of Russell Road/Gibbs Road. It is on the
Mandurah line
The Mandurah line is a commuter railway and service on the Transperth network in Western Australia that runs from Perth south to the state's second largest city Mandurah. The service is operated by Transperth Train Operations, a division of the ...
. The station is ,
or a 21-minute train journey, from
Perth railway station
Perth railway station is the largest station on the Transperth network, serving the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. It serves as an interchange between the Airport, Armadale, Fremantle, Joondalup, Mandurah and Midland ...
.
The adjacent stations are
Cockburn Central railway station
Cockburn Central station ( ) is a bus and railway station on the Transperth network. It is located at the juncture of the Mandurah andonce completed Thornlie lines, from Perth station inside the median strip of the Kwinana Freeway serving th ...
towards Perth and
Kwinana railway station
Kwinana railway station is a railway station in Bertram and Parmelia, suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. It is on the Mandurah railway line, which is part of the Transperth commuter rail network, and it serves the City of Kwinana. It has two ...
towards Mandurah.
The station consists of two platform faces on a singular
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
. The platform is wide and long, or long enough for a
Transperth
Transperth is the brand name of the public transport system serving the city and suburban areas of Perth, the state capital of Western Australia. It is managed by the Public Transport Authority (PTA), a state government organisation. Train op ...
six car train – the longest trains used on the network.
The platforms are linked to both sides of the freeway by a pedestrian bridge. The pedestrian bridge is accessed from the platforms by a set of escalators, a lift, and stairs. The station is fully
accessible
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. In the western entrance are public toilets. Next to that entrance is the station's bus interchange, which has four bus stands, as well as the station's main car park. There is a smaller car park next to the eastern entrance.
In total, the station has 1,948 regular parking bays, 6 short term parking bays, and 19 motorcycle bays,
making it the second largest station car park in Perth. The western car park was built to be so large in part due to high voltage transmission lines making the land unable to be used for much else.
Public art
Outside the station's western entrance is a public art installation named ''Connections''. Created by a three-person team from Midnight Tuesday, it is an long screen consisting of a tessellating pattern of angled triangles on a galvanised steel frame. The triangles are coloured blue, silver and
champagne
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. The structure provides a barrier between passengers and the prevailing south-westerly winds. The artwork was inspired by ''
Banksia
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'' leaves and local wetlands.
History
During the construction of the Mandurah line in the mid-2000s, the site of Aubin Grove station was identified as a possible location for a future railway station. The railway tracks were built with a gap for the station to be built later.
Ahead of the
2013 Western Australian state election
The 2013 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 9 March 2013 to elect 59 members to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Western Australian Legislative Council, Legislative Counci ...
, both major parties announced plans to built Aubin Grove station if elected. The
Labor Party announced in June 2012 that it would build the station with 900 car parking bays, at a cost of $45 million.
In August, the
Liberal Party
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, which was in government at the time, announced it would build the station with 2,000 car parking bays and order new trains, at a cost of $80 million. The station was planned to relieve pressure at Cockburn Central station, which has its carparks full at 7:11am, the earliest of any Mandurah line station.
In the same month, the government expanded an already existing order of 15 three car
Transperth B-series train
The B-series trains are a class of electric multiple unit built by Downer Rail in Maryborough, Queensland for Transperth between 2004 and 2019.
History
Perth's first electrified trains, the two-carriage A-Series, entered service in Septem ...
s by two, to cater for the new station. The Liberal Party won the election.
In July 2014, a tender was issued to build the station. Further details were given on the project, including that the station would open late 2016, and that it was predicted to cost $57 million, with the railcars costing $23 million. The daily patronage was predicted to be 3,900.
In February 2015, CAMPS, which is a joint venture between Coniglio Ainsworth Architects and M. P. S. Architects, was selected to design the station, and
Georgiou Group
Georgiou Group is an Australian construction company.
History
Georgiou Group was founded by Spiro Georgiou in 1977 as "Direct Drainage". In 1991, the company acquired Roadpave and Geocrete. The company was renamed "Georgiou Group" in 1998.
Geor ...
was selected as the contractor. The project used an
early contractor involvement
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model, which meant that Georgiou provided input on the design for constructability, cost and timing.
In April 2015, the scope of the project was increased to include widening of the nearby Russell Road bridge over the Kwinana Freeway, in anticipation of increased traffic due to the station. This increased the project's budget to $105 million and delayed the completion date to early 2017. The bridge was to be duplicated, doubling the number of lanes across the freeway. The design of the station was released in November 2015. To minimise disruption to the freeway, the station had a modular design, to be built mostly off-site.
Georgiou was awarded the construction contract in late 2015,
with site preparations beginning soon after. Construction on the station began in March 2016. Aubin Grove station was the first island platform station to be built within a live rail environment in Western Australia.
Ordinarily, trains would travel at over through the area, but during construction, the speed limit was lowered to .
In April 2016, the project's cost was increased again, to $120 million.
Transport Minister Dean Nalder
Dean Cambell Nalder (born 5 February 1966) is an Australian former politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia for the Liberal Party from 2013 to 2021, representing the seat of Alfred Cove until 2017, and Batem ...
attributed the cost increase to a widening of the project's scope. During the middle of 2016, in order to lift the modular structural pieces into place, construct the pedestrian bridge, and construct the Russell Road bridge widening, there were three consecutive weekend closures to the Mandurah line and the Kwinana Freeway. The freeway was diverted to the Russell Road on and off ramps during these closures, and Russell Road was closed.
Georgiou chose to do three longer closures rather than do more closures that are shorter in time. Each closure was 30 hours long, which was the longest ever freeway closure in Western Australia.
Main Roads was reluctant to approve the closures, only doing so the week before the first closure.
During construction, it was discovered that mulch laid down in August 2016 contained asbestos. The mulch was removed in November 2016. Main Roads said that "only small traces of non-
friable
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Substances that are designated hazardous, ...
asbestos containing material was discovered", and that "the pieces were bonded and not airborne, so the health risk was negligible".
The road upgrades were completed in December 2016. On 23 April 2017, the station was opened by
Mark McGowan
Mark McGowan (born 13 July 1967) is an Australian politician, the 30th premier of Western Australia, and the leader of the Western Australian branch of the Labor Party.
McGowan was born and raised in Newcastle, New South Wales. He attended t ...
, the
Premier of Western Australia
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, and
Rita Saffioti
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, the Minister for Transport. In a statement, McGowan recognised the former premier
Colin Barnett
Colin James Barnett (born 15 July 1950) is a former Australian politician who was the 29th Premier of Western Australia. He concurrently served as the state's Treasurer at several points during his tenure and had previously held various other po ...
's role in starting the project. The first train stopped at the station at 10:56am that day. The final cost was $125 million. Since opening, it has been nominated for and won several construction awards. The state-based awards won are the Civil Contractors Federation Earth Award,
the Master Builders Australia Excellence in Construction Award for Best Government Building
and the
Australian Institute of Building
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Professional Excellence in Building Award for Infrastructure.
The project also won the national Australian Institute of Building Professional Excellence in Building Award for Infrastructure.
Services
![Transperth Aubin Grove Station bus stands](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Transperth_Aubin_Grove_Station_bus_stands.jpg)
Aubin Grove station is served by the Mandurah line on the Transperth network. These services are operated by
Transperth Train Operations
Transperth Train Operations is a division of the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia. It is responsible for operating Perth’s urban passenger rail system, as part of the Transperth network.
Perth's passenger rail network covers ...
, a division of the
Public Transport Authority.
The line goes between Mandurah railway station and Perth railway station, continuing north from there as the
Joondalup line
The Joondalup line is a commuter rail service in Western Australia, linking the Perth central business district (CBD) with the Perth metropolitan region, metropolitan area's north-western suburbs. The service is operated on the Northern Suburbs ...
. Mandurah line trains stop at the station every 10 minutes during peak on weekdays and every 15 minutes during the day outside peak every day of the year except Christmas Day. At night, trains are half-hourly or hourly.
Aubin Grove station has a bus interchange with four bus stands.
Bus services are operated by
Swan Transit
Swan Transit is an Australian bus company operating Transperth services under contract to the Public Transport Authority. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems.
History
On 21 January 1996, Swan Transit commenced operating services in the Midl ...
and
Transdev WA
Transdev WA is an Australian bus company operating Transperth bus services under contract to the Public Transport Authority. It is a subsidiary of Transdev Australasia.
History
On 29 September 1996, Transport Management Group Pty Limited (TMG) ...
under contract.
Seven regular routes serve the station.
Routes 525 and 526 go through Success, past Cockburn Gateway Shopping City, up to Cockburn Central station. Route 527 goes through Atwell up to Cockburn Central station. Route 534 goes west along Russell Road to
Wattleup. Route 535 goes south-west through Hammond Park, terminating at Hammond Park Primary School. Route 536 goes south through Hammond Park, terminating at
Hammond Park Secondary College
Hammond Park Secondary College is an independent public co-educational high day school, located in the Perth suburb of Hammond Park, Western Australia.
Overview
Hammond Park Secondary College opened to Year 7 students in 2020. It is situated i ...
. Route 537 goes south through Aubin Grove, terminating at Honeywood Primary School in
Wandi.
Rail replacement bus service
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s operate as route 909.
References
External links
Aubin Grove Stationinformation page from Transperth
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