Claisebrook railway station

Claisebrook
Claisebrook
Location	Graham Farmer Freeway, East Perth; Western Australia; Australia
Operated by	Transperth Trains
Line(s)	Armadale railway line; Eastern Railway;
Distance	1.3 km (0.8 mi) from Perth
Platforms	4 (1 island, 2 side)
Construction
Structure type	Open Station
Other information
Station code	MCK
Fare zone	1, SFTZ
Services

Claisebrook railway station is a Transperth railway station 1300 metres from Perth, in Western Australia, on the Armadale/Thornlie and Midland lines.

History

Opened in 1883 under the name East Perth, Claisebrook station is a busy junction along the Midland and Armadale/Thornlie lines due to both lines running through the station and the Claisebrook railway depot 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 Battye library 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 East Perth, and caused this station to be renamed Claisebrook after a watercourse that is near the station.^[1]^[2] Between 2002 and 2003 the station was mostly rebuilt with new station structures, signage, platform finishes and a footbridge.

Platforms

The current platforms are currently in use at Claisebrook:

[2778] Claisebrook station platforms
Stop	Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Destination
99021	1	Armadale/Thornlie	All stations	Perth
99022	2	Armadale	All stations, B, C	Armadale
99022	2	Thornlie	T	Thornlie
99023	3	Midland	All stations	Perth
99024	4	Midland	All stations, A, B, P	Midland

Bus connections

Claisebrook Station at night

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

Stop	Route	Destination / description
[16965] Claisebrook station Yellow CAT	3 Yellow CAT	to West Perth via Wellington Street^[3]
[16966] Fielder Street Northbound	905	Rail replacement service to Midland
	907	Rail replacement service to Armadale
	908	Rail replacement service to Thornlie
[16967] Fielder Street Southbound	905, 907, 908	Rail replacement service to Perth

References

↑ "PTA: History at a glance". www.pta.wa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
↑ "History of stations on the Midland line" (PDF). www.righttrack.wa.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
↑ "Yellow CAT". Perth CAT Timetable 203 (PDF). Transperth. n.d. [effective from 1 October 2017].

External links

Coordinates: 31°56′58″S 115°52′22″E / 31.94954°S 115.872808°E / -31.94954; 115.872808

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[1] "PTA: History at a glance". www.pta.wa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2008.

[2] "History of stations on the Midland line" (PDF). www.righttrack.wa.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2008.

[3] "Yellow CAT". Perth CAT Timetable 203 (PDF). Transperth. n.d. [effective from 1 October 2017].