North Fremantle
General information
LocationStirling Highway, North Fremantle
Australia
Coordinates32°01′48″S 115°45′06″E / 32.030054°S 115.751760°E / -32.030054; 115.751760
Owned byPublic Transport Authority
Operated byTransperth
Line(s)     Fremantle line
Distance16.2 kilometres from Perth
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
Station codeFNF
99341 (platform 1)
99342 (platform 2)
Fare zone2
History
Opened1881
Rebuilt28 July 1991
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2013–14168,147
Services
Preceding station Transperth Transperth Following station
Victoria Street
towards Perth
 Fremantle line Fremantle
Terminus
Former services
Leighton
towards Perth
 Fremantle line Fremantle
Terminus
Location
Location of North Fremantle railway station

North Fremantle railway station is a railway station on the Transperth network. It is located on the Fremantle line, 16.2 kilometres from Perth, serving the Fremantle suburb of North Fremantle.

History

The original North Fremantle station on the north side of Tydeman Street opened in 1881.[1] In 1964, a new station halt opened in conjunction with a new Fremantle Railway Bridge with the original site redeveloped as a diesel locomotive depot.[2]

On 28 July 1991 as part of the electrification of the line, a new station opened 800 metres to the north also replacing Leighton station that was a further 700 metres further north.[3][4]

To the west of the station lies a freight line to the closed Leighton Marshalling Yard.

Services

North Fremantle station is served by Transperth Fremantle line services from Fremantle to Perth that continue through to Midland via the Midland line.[5][6]

North Fremantle station saw 168,147 passengers in the 2013–14 financial year.[7]

Platforms

North Fremantle station platforms
Stop Platform Line Stopping pattern Destination Notes
99341 1 Fremantle All stations, +S Perth
99342 2 Fremantle All stations, +S Fremantle

Bus routes

Stop Route Destination / description Notes
Stirling Highway (north bound) 998 CircleRoute clockwise via Stirling Highway[9]Limited stops[9]
107 to Claremont Station via Victoria Street & Palmerston Street[10]
906 Rail replacement service to Perth station
Stirling Highway (south bound) 999 CircleRoute anti-clockwise via Stirling Highway[11]Limited stops[11]
107 to Fremantle Station via Queen Victoria Street[10]
906 Rail replacement service to Fremantle station

References

  1. ↑ "Occasional Notes". The West Australian. 21 October 1881. p. 2. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Minchin, RS; Higham, GJ (1981). Robb's Railway Fremantle to Guildford Railway Centenary. Bassendean: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 37. ISBN 0-9599690-2-0.
  3. ↑ Our History Public Transport Authority
  4. ↑ History of Stations on the Fremantle Line Right Track
  5. ↑ Fremantle Line Timetable Transperth 31 January 2016
  6. ↑ Understanding Australia's urban railways Archived 14 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Bureau of Infrastructure Transport & Regional Economics July 2012 page 12
  7. ↑ "Question On Notice No. 4244 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 25 June 2015 by Mr M. Mcgowan". Parliament of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Manual – Rail Access" (PDF). Public Transport Authority. 19 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  9. 1 2 "Route 998". CircleRoute Timetable 200 (PDF). Transperth. 29 August 2023 [effective from 20 November 2023].
  10. 1 2 "Route 107". Bus Timetable 31 (PDF). Transperth. 19 June 2023 [effective from 16 July 2023].
  11. 1 2 "Route 999". CircleRoute Timetable 200 (PDF). Transperth. 29 August 2023 [effective from 20 November 2023].

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