The Esplanade railway station was a railway station on 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 ...

network. It was located on 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 ...

, 19.8 kilometres from

Perth station Perth Station was an ESTRACK Earth station in Australia, located at the Perth International Telecommunications Centre in the suburb of Cullacabardee. It has been retired from service in December, 2015 and has been replaced by the New Norcia S ...

between Bathers Beach and Esplanade Park.

History

On 22 October 1898, the

was extended south from Fremantle to

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 ...

. For the staging of 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 sweep ...

, the existing narrow and standard gauge tracks were combined as one dual gauge line with three temporary stations erected, one of which was The Esplanade. Between October 1986 and February 1987, the

Hotham Valley Railway The Hotham Valley Tourist Railway (commonly Hotham Valley Railway) is a tourist and heritage railway in the Peel region of Western Australia. The railway operates over a 32 kilometre section of the original Pinjarra to Narrogin railway line ...

operated a daily service on this section of the line with a W class steam locomotive as the ''Spinnaker Run''. This was supplemented by

special services. Having not been used since, the station was demolished in September 2018.Fremantle line platforms removed ''

Railway Digest ''Railway Digest'' is a monthly magazine, published in Sydney, covering contemporary railways of Australia. Overview The magazine's publisher is the Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS), NSW Division. The first issue was published in ...

'' November 2018 page 27

References

External links

Cockburn - Fremantle track layout
SA Track & Signal

{{DEFAULTSORT:Esplanade railway station Buildings and structures demolished in 2018 Disused railway stations in Western Australia Fremantle line Railway stations in Australia opened in 1986 Railway stations closed in 1987 1987 disestablishments in Australia