This is a list of stations that have been closed since the building of railways in metropolitan Perth, Western Australia.

Mundaring line

In some cases there are stations that were so effectively removed that there are no traces left, such as Bellevue. However, at Mundaring and Darlington, concrete platform edges remain.

Although Mundaring branch railway stations were closed in 1954, it was not until the 1960s that the line was formally closed, and the line and stations removed after that.

Metropolitan lines

The lines to Karragullen along the Upper Darling Range railway, and to Chidlow (via Parkerville or Mundaring), were considered to be part of the metropolitan service by the Western Australian Government Railways administration at the time they were operating.

Section closures

In some cases single stations were closed for logistical reasons; generally it was a group of stations when a section of railway was closed.

1881–1930

  • Fremantle railway station at Cliff Street (1881–1907), demolished upon the construction of the new Fremantle railway station at Market St.
  • East Fremantle (1881–1907), rebuilt 1886, removed upon the construction of the new Fremantle railway station at Market St.

1930–1949

Upper Darling Range line

thumb|upright|Stations on the Upper Darling Range and Mundaring lines in 1945

Closed to traffic in July 1949, due to the 1949 Australian coal strike

  • Midland
  • Bushmead
  • Rifle Range
  • Ridge Hill (at or near )
  • Gooseberry Hill (at or near )
  • Kalamunda
  • South Kalamunda
  • Walliston
  • Bickley (at or near )
  • Carmel (at or near )
  • Turner's Siding
  • Pickering Brook
  • Canning Mills (at or near )
  • Karragullen (at or near )

1950–1966

Mundaring Weir line

  • Mundaring
  • Wonyil, closed 14 November 1952
  • O'Connor (originally No 2 Pumping Station), opened 1922, closed 14 November 1952
  • Belmont, terminus of the Belmont spur line from 1897

Eastern Railway first route (Mundaring loop)

Traffic ceased on the Mundaring loop between Bellevue and Mount Helena in 1954 before it was officially closed by parliament in 1966.

  • Midland
  • Koongamia 1962 - 1966
  • Greenmount, stayed open for Mountain Quarry, Boya until 1 January 1966
  • Esplanade, demolished in 2018.
  • Success Harbour, demolished in 2018.
  • Tredale was situated on the South Western Railway 800 metres south of Armadale railway station, opened in 1956 as Armadale School siding, renamed Tredale in 1959, closed in 1989.
  • Welshpool (AWL), Armadale Line, closed 20 November 2023.

See also

  • Closed railway stations in Western Australia, for non-Perth closures

References

Resources

  • A useful map drawn by J. Austin showing all rail services intact as of 1949 is found in Finlayson, Don (1986) Steam around PerthARHS Western Australia page 48. The list of closures is in table form on pages 49 and 50.
  • Higham, G.J. 'Where WAS that? : an historical gazetteer of Western Australia' Winthrop, W.A. : Geoproject Solutions Pty Ltd, 2006. 2nd ed.
  • Watson, Lindsay The Railway History Of Midland Junction : Commemorating The Centenary Of Midland Junction, 1895–1995 Swan View, W.A : L & S Drafting in association with the Shire of Swan and the Western Australian Light Railway Preservation Association, [1995]
  • Watson, Lindsay.Midland Junction Railway Station Western rails, Vol 9, no.4(July 1987), p. 10–12
  • Verney, Terry 'Thru Midland' The WESTLAND issue 218, March 2003 p. 4