Greenwood 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. It is located on the

Joondalup line The Joondalup line is a commuter rail service in Western Australia, linking the Perth central business district (CBD) with the metropolitan area's north-western suburbs. The service is operated on the Northern Suburbs Railway by Transperth Tra ...

, from

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serving the suburb of Greenwood.

History

The station was originally proposed as the Hepburn station under the

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Masterplan in 1989 to coincide with the Hepburn Heights development. The master plan placed the station as a future station until demand of the railway and suburbs warranted the construction of the station. After being promised a number of times but not delivered, construction finally began in 2004 with the aim of reducing peak demand at the nearby

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and Whitfords stations, opening on 29 January 2005.

Services

Greenwood station is served by

services. Greenwood station saw 611,508 passengers in the 2013–14 financial year. In March 2018, Greenwood station had approximately 2,350 boardings on an average weekday, making it the third least used station on the Joondalup line.

Platforms

Platforms currently in use are as follows:

Bus routes

Buses were provided at Greenwood station under trial by routes 451 to Kingsway Shopping Centre and 456 to

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, however both services were ultimately unsuccessful and withdrawn. Now the station is only served by rail replacement buses.

References

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