Stirling railway station, Perth

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Stirling Interchange
Joondalup Line
Station code JSG
Street Mitchell Freeway, Cedric Street
Suburb Innaloo, Stirling
Fare zone 2
Distance from Perth Station 9 km
Stopping patterns All, C, W
Number of platforms 2
Platform architecture 1 island
Station structure Closed Station
Access by Overhead bridge, pedestrian crossing, bus transfer
Transit guard booth Yes
Train transfer No
Bus transfer Yes
Total number of bus stands 8
Total number of bus routes 20
Park 'n' Ride Yes
Lock 'n' Ride No, but Pay 'n' Display
Lifts 1
Escalators 1 up, 1 down
Add Value Machines Yes
Public telephones Yes
Public toilets Yes

Stirling Train Station is a Transperth train station 9km from Perth Train Station, in Western Australia. It is on the Joondalup Line. It well serves the new IKEA store just across the road from the station.

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[edit] History

Constructed from 1990 to 1992, it was built as part of the Northern Suburbs Transit System and the Joondalup Line.[1]

[edit] Traffic Issues

The station's location presented some interesting design challenges - while the station resides within the Mitchell Freeway road reserve, the road reserve for the future Stephenson Highway runs in an area directly over the station at the southern end of its platforms. During the design of the station and its approach roads, the engineering firm Ove Arup & Partners was tasked with investigating and designing road layouts to accommodate for both future and current needs.[2]

Due to the nature of the future Stephenson Highway, a number of road layout options were considered including:[2]

  • Original designs first proposed for the freeway by the Main Roads Department, consisting of a diamond interchange between Scarborough Beach Road and Stephenson highway, and link of existing Oswald Street (later known as Ellen Stirling Boulevard), Osborne Park.
  • As per the above option, but without the Osborne Park link.
  • As per the above option, but without the link of Oswald Street between Scarborough Beach Road and Cedric Street (an option recommended by station designers Hames Sharley architects).
  • A design only known as the Forbes and Fitzhardinge planning scheme, of which no information or design drawings exist within the engineers' report.

All of the above designs involved significantly complex road layouts which amongst others included partial cloverleaf interchanges, and the construction of new bridges connecting the future highway to Cedric Street.[2]

[edit] Platforms

Platforms currently in use are as follows:

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

[edit] Bus routes

Buses are provided at Stirling Train Station for transfers to buses, including the CircleRoute.

Route Number Destination / Description
[11537] Stand 1
413 to Glendalough Train Station via Osborne Park
414 to Glendalough Train Station via Balcatta and Main Street
424 to Karrinyup Bus Station via Erindale Road and North Beach Road
904 Train Replacement Service to Clarkson
904 Train Replacement Service to Perth
[11538] Stand 2
401 to Wellington Street Bus Station via Wembley
402 to Wellington Street Bus Station via Tuart Hill
[11539] Stand 3
98 CircleRoute to Fremantle Train Station via Yokine and Tuart Hill
[11540] Stand 4
99 CircleRoute to Fremantle Train Station via Innaloo and Churchlands
[11541] Stand 5
410 to Observation City, Scarborough via Scarborough Beach Road
411 to Observation City, Scarborough via Woodlands
412 to Scarborough via Woodlands
[11542] Stand 6
423 to Warwick Train Station via Karrinyup and Hillarys Boat Harbour
425 to Warwick Train Station via Karrinyup and Carine
435 to Warwick Train Station via Karrinyup, Charles Riley Road and Carine
[11543] Stand 7
427 to Warwick Train Station via Gwelup and Erindale Road
[11544] Stand 8
421 to Observation City, Scarborough via Doubleview
426 to Karrinyup Bus Station via Huntriss Road
to Burswood Entertainment Complex

[edit] References

  1. ^ (1991) Northern Suburbs Transit System; Perth to Joondalup Railway; Progress Summary - June 1991. Perth, Western Australia: The Urban Rail Electrification Committee, Government of Western Australia.  Fig. 2, Accessed at J S Battye Library, Perth
  2. ^ a b c (November 1990) Stirling Transfer Station: Traffic Engineering and Network Capacity Analysis for Urban Rail Development Office. West Perth, Western Australia: Ove Arup & Partners.  Sect. 3.1, Accessed at J S Battye Library, Perth

[edit] See also


Stirling
Zone 2

Preceding station   Transperth Trains network   Following station
Zone 1
towards Esplanade
 Joondalup Line
All, W
Zone 2
towards Whitfords or Clarkson
SmartRider Free Transit Zone
towards Esplanade
 Joondalup Line
C

Coordinates: 31°53′39.00″S, 115°48′16.57″E

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