Leederville railway station is a railway station on the

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network in

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. 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 Perth metropolitan region, metropolitan area's north-western suburbs. The service is operated on the Northern Suburbs ...

, 3.2 kilometres from

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serving the suburb of Leederville.

History

Leederville station opened on 20 December 1992 in the

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of the

Mitchell Freeway The Mitchell Freeway is a freeway in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking central Perth with the city of Joondalup. It is the northern section of State Route 2, which continues south as Kwinana Freeway and Forrest High ...

. In 2003, the contract for extending the platforms on seven Joondalup line stations, including Leederville station, was awarded to Lakis Constructions. The platforms on these stations had to be extended by to accommodate long six car trains, which were planned to enter service. Along with the extensions, the platform edges were upgraded to bring them into line with tactile paving standards. Leederville was the first station to begin being extended. Work at this station was completed by April 2004. In 2012 a double-ended

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was opened between the tracks at the city side of the station, constructed as part of a $19.8m program to improve the resilience of the Transperth network during disruptions.

Services

Leederville station is served by

services. Leederville station saw 937,581 passengers in the 2013–14 financial year.

Platforms

Platforms currently in use are as follows:

Bus routes

References

External links

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