Claisebrook railway station is a railway station on the

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network. It is located on the

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, Armadale, Ellenbrook, Midland, and Thornlie–Cockburn lines 1.3 kilometres from

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serving the suburb of

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History

Opened in 1883 under the name East Perth, Claisebrook station is a busy junction along the

, Midland, Armadale and Thornlie–Cockburn lines due to both lines running through the station and the

Claisebrook railway depot Claisebrook railway depot (also known as Claisebrook railcar depot) is a Transperth depot adjacent to Claisebrook station, at 122 Kensington Street, East Perth. When trains leave this depot, they connect with the Midland, Fremantle, Armadale ...

being next door. The original railway station was built in timber with hardwood weatherboarding and external and timber lining. Rendered brick fireplaces were built in two of the rooms - possibly the waiting rooms and railway staff room and had very elegant rendered chimney caps providing a balance to the roof. The

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carries the original plans and shows exposed heavy timber trussing of the roof which was very typical of the architecture of railway buildings of the era. The roofing was corrugated iron curved to provide a concave upper surface with the roof overhanging the tracks and providing cover to passengers leaving and arriving at the station. As railway rolling stock grew taller the wide eaves and the timber trussing of the roof were trimmed back giving the roof a truncated appearance. The station was located centrally between the east and west bound tracks and provided access to both. In 1984 the station was relocated to Whiteman Park to be the Central Station on the light railway system under construction in the majority by the Western Australian Light Railway Preservation Association and the Metropolitan Region Planning Authority funded under Wage Pause and Community Employment Programmes. In 1969, a new railway terminal was built 600 m away on the Midland line called

, and caused this station to be renamed Claisebrook after a

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that is near the station. Between 2002 and 2003 the station was mostly rebuilt with new station structures, signage, platform finishes and a footbridge. It has received Airport line services since 9 October 2022 as well as

Ellenbrook line The Ellenbrook line, known as the Morley–Ellenbrook line during construction, is a suburban railway line in Perth, Western Australia, which is operated by the Public Transport Authority (Western Australia), Public Transport Authority as part ...

services since 8 December 2024. In 2024, Claisebrook station was identified as one of three stations to have its platform extended to as part of phase one of the platform and signalling upgrade program to allow for six-car trains on the Ellenbrook line and

Thornlie–Cockburn line The Thornlie–Cockburn line is a suburban railway line and service in Perth, Western Australia, operated by the Public Transport Authority (Western Australia), Public Transport Authority as part of the Transperth system. The line branches fro ...

Platforms

The station saw 535,085 passengers in the 2013-14 financial year. The following platforms are currently in use at Claisebrook:

Bus connections

Connections are available by Yellow CAT, which serves throughout East Perth, West Perth, and the City's centre corridor.

References

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