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The Fremantle line is a suburban railway and service in Western Australia that connects the central business ... [13] [14] During the closure of the rail line, ...
Fremantle railway line at southern side of Fremantle railway bridge. Perth’s passenger rail services were believed to have been in serious decline throughout the 1960s and 1970s with reports of passenger numbers falling as commuters switched from public transport to cars and employment moved out of the central city.
Fremantle station is the terminus of Transperth's Fremantle line, with frequent services to Perth that continue through to Midland via the Midland line. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Fremantle station saw 1,481,023 passengers in the 2013–14 financial year.
[6] [7] The Fremantle line was closed on 2 September 1979 due to declining patronage, but it was reopened on 29 July 1983 after a public outcry. The network was electrified in the early 1990s, [ 8 ] and the Yanchep line opened on 20 December 1992 as the Joondalup line with three stations operational: Leederville , Edgewater , and Joondalup . [ 9 ]
Fremantle railway station at Cliff Street (1881–1907), demolished upon the construction of the new Fremantle railway station at Market St. [1] East Fremantle (1881–1907), rebuilt 1886, removed upon the construction of the new Fremantle railway station at Market St. [2] [3] [4]
In 1978, the Rail and Bus Policies for the Fremantle Corridor report recommended that the Fremantle line close and be replaced with buses. On 2 September 1979, the Fremantle line was controversially closed to passenger services by the Charles Court Liberal government. A group named the "Friends of the Railways" was formed to advocate against ...
After 1898 the Fremantle railway line terminated at Robbs Jetty in North Coogee.On 1 July 1903 the line was extended south along the coast to Coogee servicing Woodman Point.: [1] [2] On 19 December 1955 the line was extended to Kwinana [3] to provide a rail service to the Kwinana Oil Refinery [4]
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 .