City West railway station is a railway station on 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 in Western Australia. It is located on the

Fremantle line The Fremantle line is a suburban railway and service in Western Australia that connects the central business district (CBD) of Perth with Fremantle. History The railway on which the service runs opened on 1 March 1881 as the first suburban rai ...

and Airport line, 1.6 kilometres from

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serving the suburb of West Perth.

History

The original West Perth station opened in 1883 as North Perth. It was renamed West Perth in 1890. The station closed on 1 September 1979 along with the rest of the

, re-opening on 29 July 1983 when services were restored. On 18 June 1986, a new West Perth station opened on the other side of the West Perth Subway. It was renamed City West on 19 November 1987 in conjunction with the opening of an adjacent

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commercial development of the same name. It is now a major transport option for students of the nearby

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Services

City West station is served by

services from

Fremantle Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...

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 ...

that continue through to Midland via the Midland line, and Airport line services from Claremont to

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. It has received Airport line services since 10 October 2022. City West station saw 514,121 passengers in the 2013–14 financial year.

Platforms

Bus routes

References

External links

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History of Western Australian Railways & Stations {{Public Transport Authority of Western Australia railway stations, Fremantle=y, Airport=y, state=collapsed Fremantle line Transperth railway stations Railway stations in Australia opened in 1986 West Perth, Western Australia Airport line, Perth