Lathlain Park railway station was 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 was located on the

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 ...

, 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 It has been retired from service in December, 2015 and has been replaced by the New Norcia St ...

serving the suburb of

Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...

History

Lathlain station opened in 1959 to serve the newly built

Lathlain Park Lathlain Park (also known as Mineral Resources Park under ground sponsorship arrangements) is an Australian rules football ground, located in Lathlain, an inner-eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Since its opening in 1959, it has been ...

, to which the

Perth Football Club The Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is an Australian rules football club based in Lathlain, Western Australia, currently playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). Representing the south-east area of the Perth metropol ...

had moved. As part of improvements to the

following the announcement of the new

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 ...

alignment in August 2002, the rail alignment was upgraded including the introduction of

grade separated In civil engineering (more specifically highway engineering), grade separation is a method of aligning a junction of two or more surface transport axes at different heights (grades) so that they will not disrupt the traffic flow on other tra ...

rail crossings. As a result of Victoria Park location being too close to Lathlain. It closed on 3 February 2003, eventually being replaced by the new Victoria Park station on 2 August 2008 as part of the

New MetroRail New MetroRail was a division of the Public Transport Authority in Western Australia. It was responsible for managing extensions to Perth's railway network. The project doubled Perth's rail network, which is operated by Transperth, and was comp ...

project.New Victoria Park Train Station opened
Minister for Planning & Infrastructure 2 August 2008 The station was demolished with the illuminated station signs donated to the

Services

Lathlain station was served by

services.

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History of Western Australian Railways & Stations Armadale and Thornlie lines Disused railway stations in Western Australia Railway stations in Australia opened in 1959 Railway stations closed in 2003