Armadale railway station is a temporarily closed suburban and regional railway station, located on the

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30 kilometres from

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serving the suburb of Armadale, Brookdale and

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. It was demolished in November 2023 as part of a project to rebuild the station on an elevated viaduct and extend the

Armadale line The Armadale line is a partially-closed suburban railway service in Perth, Western Australia, operated by the Public Transport Authority as part of the Transperth system. The Armadale line is long, and starts at Perth station, heading south ...

to Byford. Before closure, it was the terminating point for

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services and a calling point for

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'' services.

History

The original station opened on 2 May 1893 when the

opened from Claisebrook to Pinjarra. On 15 July 1907, Armadale became a

junction station ''Junction station'' usually refers to a railway station situated either on or close to a rail junction, where lines to two or more destinations diverge. Many junction stations have multiple platform faces to enable trains for multiple destinatio ...

when the Spearwood–Armadale line opened. This line closed on 23 January 1964.

1990s and 2004 rebuild

As part of the electrification of the line in the early 1990s, a new station was built with the former signal box relocated to the Armadale Tourist Centre. On 6 November 2004, another new, more substantial station opened slightly further north with an electrified through platform and bay platform.

2020s rebuild

As a part of the Metronet Byford Rail Extension project, the Armadale Road, Forrest Avenue and Church Avenue railway crossings are planned to be removed by elevating the rail on a viaduct, and road-over-rail bridges built to replace the Eleventh Road and Thomas Road crossings. The pedestrian crossings at Frys Lane and Seventh Road are planned to be rebuilt, going under the elevated rail. The elevated rail will start approximately 450 metres north of Armadale Road, and will continue until returning to ground level, around 420 metres south of Church Avenue. Elevating the rail through Armadale involves building a new elevated Armadale station. The existing station was demolished starting with the platforms on 11 December 2023 and then the terminal building on 13 December, leading to the station being fully demolished by 15 December. The new station will be a more modern design with lifts, escalators, three platforms (two urban and one regional), a bus interchange (including a dedicated stop for Transwa coaches) as well as 8 hectares of new public space beneath the elevated tracks. The Armadale line and ''Australind'' service closed for 18 months to allow construction to take place, starting on 20 November 2023.

Services

Armadale station was the terminus for

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services. It was also served by

'' services to Bunbury. For a time, ''The Australind'' did stop at

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, however this was reverted in April 1992. The station saw 497,748 passengers in the 2013-14 financial year. Beyond the station was a turnaround siding.

Platforms

Bus routes

Armadale is also served by

services to Perth Coach Terminal, Albany and Esperance.GS1 timetable
Transwa

References

External links

History of Western Australian Railways & Stations {{TransperthBusStations Armadale, Western Australia Armadale line Transperth railway stations Railway stations in Australia opened in 1893 Transperth bus stations Transwa railway stations