Spearwood railway station was a railway station on the
Perth rail network. It was located on the
Spearwood–Armadale line, from
Perth station in
Spearwood.
History
On 1 April 1906, the
Spearwood–Armadale line opened from a junction with the
Fremantle line at
Robbs Jetty
South Fremantle is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Fremantle.
History
The first development in the area may have been when Richard Goldsmith Meares established a lime-burning kiln in 1831. Meares had arrived a ...
to
Jandakot, being extended to connect with the
South Western Railway at
Armadale on 15 July 1907.
In 1909, some of the buildings from Jandakot station were moved to Spearwood station.
The station was little more than a raised wooden platform covered with dirt and a couple of wooden sheds. Initially only served by freight trains, a passenger service began in 1913.
Spearwood didn't gain a station
platform until after 1923.
It was the last station on the line to get a platform.
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Passenger services ceased on the line in the 1950s, running after that time for only special occasions such as the ]Perth Royal Show
The Perth Royal Show is an annual agricultural show held in Perth, Western Australia at the Claremont Showground. It features informational exhibits, agricultural competitions and animal showcases, a sideshow alley and rides, and showbags. It ...
, for employees of the Watsonia factory.[
The Jandakot line was curtailed to become a freight only line to ]Bibra Lake Bibra may refer to:
Organisations
* British Industrial Biological Research Association, now known as BIBRA in the UK
Places
* Bibra, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, a village in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany
* Bibra, Saale-Hol ...
in the 1960s, with the final section closing in 1991.[ The section through Spearwood became part of the ]Fremantle
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...
to Forrestfield freight line after alterations to the line were made for the 1987 America's Cup
The 1987 America's Cup was the twenty-sixth challenge for the America's Cup.
The American challenger '' Stars & Stripes 87'', sailed by Dennis Conner, beat the Australian defender '' Kookaburra III'', sailed by Iain Murray, in a four-race swee ...
. All that is left of the station are a few wooden posts stuck in the dirt.
References
External links
*{{cite web, url=http://www.cockburnlibraries.com.au/local-history-spotlight-spearwood/, title=Local History Spotlight: Spearwood Railway Station, author=Leah, date=14 March 2014, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414011940/http://www.cockburnlibraries.com.au/local-history-spotlight-spearwood/, archivedate=14 April 2015, accessdate=20 May 2015, url-status=live, df=dmy-all
*http://ineptmodeller.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/fremantle-to-armadale-line-part-2.html
Cockburn - Fremantle track layout
SA Track & Signal
History of Western Australian Railways & Stations
City of Cockburn
Disused railway stations in Western Australia