Karrakatta 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 Airport line and

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 ...

, from

Perth station Perth Station was an ESTRACK Earth station in Australia, located at the Perth International Telecommunications Centre in the suburb of Cullacabardee. It has been retired from service in December, 2015 and has been replaced by the New Norcia S ...

serving the suburb of Karrakatta.

History

Karrakatta station opened in 1886. The station closed on 1 September 1979 along with the rest of the

, re-opening on 29 July 1983 when services were restored. The station has received Airport line services since 10 October 2022.

Services

Karrakatta station is served by the Airport and Fremantle lines on the Transperth network. 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 PTA. The Fremantle line runs between Fremantle station and Perth station, continuing past Perth as the Midland line. The Airport line, which commenced regular services on 10 October 2022, goes between High Wycombe station and Claremont station. Airport line and Fremantle line trains stop at Karrakatta every 12 minutes each during

peak hour A rush hour (American English, British English) or peak hour ( Australian English) is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest. Normally, this happens twice every weekday: ...

for a combined frequency of a train every 6 minutes. Outside peak hour and on weekends and public holidays, each line has a train every 15 minutes for a combined frequency of 7.5 minutes. Late at night, each line has a half-hourly or hourly frequency. Karrakatta station saw 66,562 passengers in the 2013–14 financial year, making it the least used station on the Fremantle line.

References

{{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 1886 Karrakatta, Western Australia Airport line, Perth