Fremantle railway line, Perth

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Fremantle Line is a suburban railway line in Perth, Australia. It runs through Perth's western suburbs and connects Perth and Fremantle.

1 History
2 Stations
3 Stopping Patterns
- 3.1 School Special Services
4 See also

[edit] History

The line was the first suburban railway line in Perth, opening on March 1, 1881. It originally operated as the Eastern Railway and ran between Fremantle and Guildford through Perth. Throughout the 1880s, the line was extended to Chidlow and then to Clackline, York and Northam.

Fremantle was also the location of the first railway workshops for the Western Australian Government Railways. They were re-located in Midland Railway Workshops in 1904.

In 1966, the stations in the Avon Valley were closed and Midland became the new terminus. Railway services on the Fremantle line then closed on September 1, 1979 due to poor patronage, during the Court Liberal government. It re-opened on July 29, 1983 due to a change in Government.

During 1990 work commenced on building a new North Fremantle platform 1km north of its original location, on July 28, 1991, the rebuilt North Fremantle opened. Leighton Beach Train Station that was 300m further north was demolished during the upgrade of the rail line from Diesel to Electric as there needed to be further distances between stations.

There were several stations south of Fremantle Station, including The Esplanade (19.8 km), Success Harbour (20.9 km) and South Beach (22.0 km), but all are now closed.

[edit] Stations

During peak periods, trains omit some stops.

Red denotes city stations.
Blue denotes Fremantle line stations.
Black denotes terminus.

Fremantle Line
Name of Station	Code	Zone	Serving Suburbs	Pattern stops at this station					Connections
Perth	MPH	1, FTZ	Perth, Northbridge	All	A	B	K	L	Through to Midland Line Platform transfer to Armadale / Thornlie Line, Joondalup Line and Mandurah Line Transwa Australind service to Bunbury Bus transfers at Wellington Street Bus Station
City West	FCW	1, FTZ	West Perth	All	A	B	K	L
West Leederville	FWL	1	West Leederville, Subiaco, Subiaco Oval	All		B	K	L
Subiaco	FSO	1	Subiaco, Subiaco Oval, Wembley	All	A	B	K	L
Daglish	FDH	1	Daglish, Jolimont	All		B	K	L
Shenton Park	FSP	1	Shenton Park	All		B	K	L	CircleRoute
Karrakatta	FKA	1	Karrakatta, Mt Claremont	All		B		L
Loch Street	FLS	1	Karrakatta, Claremont Showgrounds	All		B	K
Showgrounds	FSG	1	Claremont, Claremont Showgrounds	Special events only
Claremont	FCT	1, 2	Claremont	All	A	B	K	L	Bus transfers
Swanbourne	FSE	2	Swanbourne, Claremont	All	A			L
Grant Street	FGS	2	Swanbourne, Claremont	All	A		K
Cottesloe	FCE	2	Cottesloe, Peppermint Grove	All	A		K	L	Bus transfers
Mosman Park	FMP	2	Mosman Park, Cottesloe	All	A		K	L
Victoria Street	FVS	2	Mosman Park, Cottesloe	All	A		K	L
North Fremantle	FNF	2	North Fremantle	All	A		K	L
Fremantle	FFE	2, 3	Fremantle	All	A	B	K	L	Bus transfers, CircleRoute

[edit] Stopping Patterns

All - all stops to Fremantle.
A - stops at City West and Subiaco, express to Claremont, then all stops to Fremantle.
B - all stops to Claremont, express to Fremantle.
K - all stops to Fremantle except Karrakatta and Swanbourne.
L - all stops to Fremantle except Loch Street and Grant Street.
S - pattern deviations to All, A, and B patterns to stop at Showgrounds. When this pattern runs, K and L patterns do not operate, and Loch Street and Grant Street stations are not used.