Burswood railway station, Perth

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Burswood

Armadale / Thornlie Line
Station code	ABD
Street	Burswood Road, Goodwood Parade
Suburb	Burswood, Lathlain
Fare zone	1
Distance from Perth Station	4.8 km
Stopping patterns	All, T
Number of platforms	2
Platform architecture	1 island
Station structure	Open Station
Access by	Maze
Transit guard booth	No
Train transfer	No
Bus transfer	No
Park 'n' Ride	Yes
Lock 'n' Ride	No
Lifts	0
Escalators	0
Add Value Machines	No
Public telephones	No
Public toilets	No

Burswood Train Station (known as Rivervale Station between 1921 and 1993), is a Transperth train station 4.8 km from Perth Train Station on the Armadale / Thornlie Line. It is adjacent to the Burswood Dome and the rest of the Burswood Entertainment Complex.

1 History
2 Platforms
3 See also
4 References

[edit] History

The station's name was originally a corruption of "Burrswood", being misspelt by the station sign's painters in 1893 when the railway was first built.^[1] It (and the area) were renamed Rivervale in 1921 in part due to the public's association of Burswood with sewerage processing^[2]; however, after the Burswood Resort and Casino were built in 1985, the situation was reversed and the name reverted. Rivervale has survived as a suburb name 600 m east of the station.

[edit] Platforms

Platform	Stopping Pattern	Destination	Notes
1	All, T	Perth
2	All, T	Armadale or Thornlie

[edit] See also

Coordinates: -31.960077° 115.899968°

Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.

[edit] References

^ History of metropolitan suburb names. Department of Land Information. Retrieved on 2006-11-07.
^ Dr Geoff Gallop. "From The Swan To The Canning - Historical Notes on Victoria Park and Surrounding Districts", December 1989. Originally published in Southern Gazette, 14 November 1989, p.8. Accessed at Battye Library, Perth.