Airport Central railway station
Airport Central railway station is a future station on the Forrestfield–Airport Link in Perth, Western Australia. It is being built underneath the proposed consolidated terminal at Perth Airport.[2][3] The station will be located between the airport terminals, which are scheduled to be relocated and consolidated by 2022.[4]
Airport Central | ||||||||||||||||
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 Airport Central railway station under construction, May 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Horrie Miller Drive, Perth Airport Western Australia Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31.9441°S 115.9750°E[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Public Transport Authority | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Transperth | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Airport line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | |||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Under construction | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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In early proposals, the station was named Consolidated Airport.
The station is planned to open in 2021.[5]
Services and platforms
Airport Central will be served by Transperth services operating from Perth to High Wycombe.
Airport Central Station also holds the record for the longest single-span uninterrupted escalator in the Southern Hemisphere.[6]
References
- Airport Central Station Fact Sheet (PDF), December 2018, retrieved 27 January 2019,
Located immediately south of the control tower adjacent to Terminal 1
- Forrestfield-Airport Link Archived 16 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Authority August 2014
- "Expression of Interest called for Forrestfield–Airport Link Project" Railway Digest April 2015 page 29
- "Airport Central Station". Forrestfield–Airport Link. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- "Airport Central Station Fact Sheet" (PDF). December 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- Hastie, Hamish (2 July 2019). "Walking on air: Perth Airport skybridge takes shape". WAtoday. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
External links
- Forrestfield–Airport Link website page for Airport Central railway station
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