Thomas Street is a major northeast-southwest road in the Perth suburbs of and , connecting
Winthrop Avenue
Winthrop Avenue is a major north–south road in the Perth suburbs of Nedlands and Crawley. For most of its length, the road travels alongside the south-western edge of Kings Park, connecting Thomas Street with Stirling Highway, Mounts Bay ...
with
Loftus Street
Loftus Street is a major north-south road in the Perth suburbs of and , connecting London Street with Thomas Street. These roads, together with Winthrop Avenue further south, form State Route 61, which links with and .
History
Loftus St ...
. These roads, together with London Street further north, form
State Route 61,
which links Crawley with West Perth and Yokine.
History
The road is named after
James Thomas James Thomas may refer to:
Politicians
* James Thomas (Australian politician) (1826–1884), civil engineer who was Director of Public Works in Western Australia, 1876–1884
* James Thomas (Governor of Maryland) (1785–1845), served as the 23rd ...
, the Director of Public Works 1876 to 1884.
A railway station, to be located at the corner of Thomas Street and Subiaco Road, was proposed in 1892. There were mixed responses from the public, but the construction costs would have been too expansive due to the steep grade.
An alternative site was selected nearby, at Kimberley Street.
West Leederville railway station
West Leederville railway station is on the Transperth network in Western Australia. It is located on the Fremantle line and Airport line, 2.7 kilometres from Perth station on the boundary between West Leederville and Subiaco. It was the mai ...
opened there on 12 July 1897.
In 1939, there were calls for the road to be rebuilt and upgraded to dual carriageway standard in the vicinity of
Kings Park. In 1940, a plan for construction of the second carriageway was announced by the King's Park Board, the Perth City Council and the Subiaco Municipal Council.
The councils would be jointly responsible for the building of the road, with the King's Park Board responsible for the clearing of vegetation.
The resumption of a strip of land along the edge of the park needed for the works was approved by an Act of Parliament.
Route description
Thomas Street's southern terminus is a traffic light controlled intersection with
Winthrop Avenue
Winthrop Avenue is a major north–south road in the Perth suburbs of Nedlands and Crawley. For most of its length, the road travels alongside the south-western edge of Kings Park, connecting Thomas Street with Stirling Highway, Mounts Bay ...
and Aberdare Road in Shenton Park, at the north-eastern corner of the
Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre
The Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre (QEIIMC), commonly known as just QEII, is a medical campus in Perth, Western Australia, situated in the suburb of Nedlands directly adjacent to Kings Park. It contains Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, the P ...
, where
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) is a teaching hospital in Nedlands, Western Australia.
Opened in 1958 as the Perth Chest Hospital and later named in honour of Sir Charles Gairdner, governor of Western Australia from 1951 to 1963, it is pa ...
is located. The road follows the edge of
Kings Park for as a six lane
dual carriageway
A dual carriageway ( BE) or divided highway ( AE) is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation (BrE) or median (AmE). Roads with two or more carriageways which are ...
, heading in a north-easterly direction to West Perth. North of Kings Park, Thomas Street narrows to a four lane single carriage, with a narrow median strip. It forms the boundary between Subiaco to the west and West Perth to the east of the road. After , the street passes by
Princess Margaret Hospital, located between
Hay Street and Roberts Road. This section is also part of State Route 65 westbound. The road's northern terminus is situated further northeast, at its intersection with Loftus Street and Railway Parade. The major intersections along the road are controlled by traffic lights, with the exception of
Murray Street.
Major intersections
*
Winthrop Avenue
Winthrop Avenue is a major north–south road in the Perth suburbs of Nedlands and Crawley. For most of its length, the road travels alongside the south-western edge of Kings Park, connecting Thomas Street with Stirling Highway, Mounts Bay ...
(State Route 61 / Tourist Drive 200) south / Aberdare Road west
* Rokeby Road (State Route 64) north / Saw Avenue south
*
Kings Park Road
Kings Park Road is situated in West Perth in Western Australia. It was once known as Brooking Street. It runs as a boundary between the suburbs of West Perth and Kings Park, from the west end of Malcolm Street to the corner of Bagot Road, Su ...
(Tourist Drive 200) east / Bagot Road west
*
Hay Street (State Route 65 west)
*
Murray Street
* Roberts Road west (State Route 65) /
Wellington Street east (State Route 65)
*
Loftus Street
Loftus Street is a major north-south road in the Perth suburbs of and , connecting London Street with Thomas Street. These roads, together with Winthrop Avenue further south, form State Route 61, which links with and .
History
Loftus St ...
(State Route 61) north-east / Railway Parade north-west & south-east
See also
References
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Roads in Perth, Western Australia
Subiaco, Western Australia
West Perth, Western Australia