Malaga railway station is a proposed bus and railway station for the

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network. It is set to start construction in 2021, and open in 2023–24 as a station on the Morley–Ellenbrook railway line, serving the

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suburbs of

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, Ballajura, Bennett Springs, Landsdale and Malaga.

Station design

The design for Malaga railway station was revealed on 4 September 2021.

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said that it was "designed to be a 'station within a park'", and that "it draws influence from the surrounding parklands in

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, Lightning Park and the

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bushlands." The station's platforms are to be built in a trench below ground level, with the station entrance at ground level. A large car park and a bus interchange will be located south-east of the station. The car park will have 1,100 car bays and a drop off area. The bus interchange will have 12 bus stands. Facilities at the station include a kiosk, toilets and lifts to platform level. The station will be constructed on a

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between

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and

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in the suburb of Whiteman, allowing for future development around the station.

Services

Malaga station will be served by

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operating along the Morley–Ellenbrook railway line to

and Ellenbrook railway stations. It is projected that a journey to Perth will take 21 minutes. Malaga station is in fare zone 2. Malaga station is projected to have 3,084 passenger boardings per day in 2031.

References

External links

Morley–Ellenbrook railway line
on the Metronet website. {{TransperthBusStations Morley–Ellenbrook line Proposed railway stations in Perth, Western Australia Malaga, Western Australia Whiteman, Western Australia