Glendalough railway station, Perth

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Glendalough Interchange

Joondalup Line
Station code	JGH
Street	Mitchell Freeway, Scarborough Beach Road
Suburb	Osbourne Park, Glendalough
Fare zone	1
Distance from Perth Station	5 km
Stopping patterns	All, W
Number of platforms	2
Platform architecture	1 island
Station structure	Open Station
Access by	Underground Entry, Overhead bridge, bus transfer
Transit guard booth	Yes
Train transfer	No
Bus transfer	Yes
Total number of bus stands	3
Total number of bus routes	5
Park 'n' Ride	Yes
Lock 'n' Ride	Yes
Lifts	1
Escalators	1 up, 1 down
Add Value Machines	No
Public telephones	Yes
Public toilets	Yes

Glendalough Train Station, is a Transperth train station 5km from Perth Train Station, in Western Australia. It is on the Joondalup Line.

1 History
2 Platforms
3 Bus routes
4 See also

[edit] History

The station was built over the period 1990-1992, for the opening of the original Joondalup Line. As the suburb of Glendalough was named after the famous monastery of Glendalough in County Wicklow, Ireland, the initial trains on the line announced the station as "Glenda-lock", rather than the "Glenda-loe" pronunciation that had become common amongst Australian English speakers in Perth. When the tape was re-recorded in the late 1990s, its pronunciation was brought into line with common usage.

With the introduction in October 2004 of the Transperth B-series trains (pictured), the announcement was changed to: "The next station is Glendalough. Alight at Glendalough to transfer to bus services for Scarborough." Glendalough is the only non-terminal station on any line to have an extended announcement of this type. This followed a public consultation period in late 2003 after Transperth and the State Government proposed to change the name of the station to Scarborough Beach Road Station. It was largely rejected by the community and the plan was abandoned.

[edit] Platforms

Platforms currently in use are as follows:

Platform	Line	Stopping Pattern	Destination	Notes
1	Clarkson	All stations	Perth
2	Clarkson	All stations, W	Clarkson	Shuttle weekdays only