Shenton Park railway station (officially Shenton Park Station) is a
commuter rail
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way station in
Shenton Park
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, a suburb of
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...
, Western Australia. The station is on the
Fremantle and
Airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...
lines, which are part of 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 ...
public transport network. It has an
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
, accessed by a pedestrian underpass. The station is only partially accessible due to a steep ramp. Services on each line run every 12 minutes 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: ...
and every 15 minutes outside peak hour and on weekends and
public holidays. At night, trains are every half-hour or hour. The journey to
Perth railway station
Perth railway station is the largest station on the Transperth network, serving the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. It serves as an interchange between the Airport, Armadale, Fremantle, Joondalup, Mandurah and Midland ...
is , and takes 9 minutes.
Description
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Shenton Park railway station is in
Shenton Park, Western Australia
Shenton Park is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Nedlands and City of Subiaco and west of the central business district. Its postcode is 6008. The suburb is named after the park that it contains, Shenton Park, ...
, a suburb of
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...
. It is located between Railway Road to the south-east, and Stubbs Terrace to the north-west.
The station is ,
[ Distance from East Perth Station to Perth Station is 2.1 km. Distance from East Perth station to Shenton Park station is 8.1 km. Therefore, the distance from Perth station to Shenton Park station is 6.0 km.] or a 9-minute train journey, from
Perth railway station
Perth railway station is the largest station on the Transperth network, serving the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. It serves as an interchange between the Airport, Armadale, Fremantle, Joondalup, Mandurah and Midland ...
. The adjacent stations are
Daglish railway station towards Perth, and
Karrakatta railway station
Karrakatta railway station is a railway station on the Transperth network in Western Australia. It is located on the Airport line and Fremantle line, from Perth station serving the suburb of Karrakatta.
History
Karrakatta station opened in ...
towards Fremantle.
The station consists of a single
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
with two platform faces. The platform is approximately long, or long enough for a Transperth 4 car train, but not a 6 car train. At the southern half of the platform is a pedestrian underpass, accessible from the platform by a ramp and stairs.
The station is not fully
accessible
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as the underpass ramp is too steep.
History
The Fremantle–Guildford railway line opened in 1881.
On 1 September 1908, Shenton Park railway station opened, named West Subiaco railway station at the time. This came after years of the residents lobbying. At the opening was the
Premier of Western Australia
The premier of Western Australia is the head of government of the state of Western Australia. The role of premier at a state level is similar to the role of the prime minister of Australia at a federal level. The premier leads the executive bra ...
Newton Moore
Major General Sir Newton James Moore, (17 May 1870 – 28 October 1936) was an Australian politician, businessman and army officer. He served as the eighth Premier of Western Australia from 1906 to 1910 and, following service in the First World ...
, the member of parliament for
Subiaco and
Mayor of Subiaco Henry Daglish
Henry Daglish (18 November 1866 – 16 August 1920) was an Australian politician who was the sixth premier of Western Australia and the first from the Labor Party, serving from 10 August 1904 to 25 August 1905. Daglish was born in Ballarat, V ...
, and the councillors of the
Municipality of Subiaco.
In 1934, it was renamed to its present name.
Initially, the government denied the municipal council's request for the name change, but it was eventually approved.
The station closed on 1 September 1979 along with the rest of the
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 ...
, re-opening on 29 July 1983 when services were restored.
The station received Airport line services from 10 October 2022.
Services
Shenton Park 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 Shenton Park 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.
The station saw 239,100 passengers in the 2013–14 financial year. In 2015, the station had 1,026 average weekday boardings.
On Stubbs Terrace is a pair of bus stops for routes 998 and 999, which are also known as the
CircleRoute
The CircleRoute is a pair of circular bus routes operated by Transperth through Perth's suburbs.
History
The CircleRoute was introduced in two stages. On 16 February 1998 the first stage of the CircleRoute commenced operating between Fremantl ...
.
Route 998 travels clockwise around Perth, and route 999 travels anticlockwise. It also have a route 25 which travels to Claremont Station via QEII Medical Centre.
On Railway Road is a pair of rail replacement bus stops. These stops are served by route 906 when trains are not running.
References
External links
Shenton Park Stationinformation page from Transperth
{{TransperthBusStations
Fremantle line
Railway stations in Perth, Western Australia
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1908
Shenton Park, Western Australia
Airport line, Perth