Murdoch railway station

Coordinates: 32°03′58″S 115°51′02″E / 32.066119°S 115.850514°E / -32.066119; 115.850514

Murdoch
Mandurah line
Station code	RMU
Street	Kwinana Freeway, South Street
Suburb	Murdoch, Bullcreek, Leeming
Fare zone	2
Distance from Perth Station	13.8 km (8.6 mi)
Stopping patterns	All, C, K, W
Number of platforms	2
Platform architecture	Island
Station structure	Closed Station
Access by	Bus Transfer, Entrance
Transit guard booth	Yes
Train transfer	No
Bus transfer	Yes
Total number of bus stands	12
Total number of bus routes	20
Park 'n' Ride	Yes
Lock 'n' Ride	No, but Pay 'n' Display
Lifts	2
Escalators	2
Add Value Machines	Yes
Public telephones	Yes
Public toilets	Yes

The art work of Murdoch Station, from the south-west carpark

The station building of Murdoch Station, from Kwinana Freeway northbound

The station building of Murdoch Station, from Kwinana Freeway southbound

Murdoch Station is a railway station located in Murdoch, Western Australia. Situated in the Kwinana Freeway median strip, and perpendicular to South Street interchange, it also features integrated bus services on the concourse level; this level will operate as a bus station. It is served by the interburban Mandurah line, with services to both the Perth CBD and the neighbouring city of Mandurah.

History

Murdoch station was constructed as part of the New MetroRail Southern Suburbs Railway project. It replaced Murdoch Park 'n' Ride, the bus station at the same location. The bus stands on the carpark level remain but are no longer used.

Service

Murdoch is on the Mandurah Line of the Transperth Trains network, a hybrid metro-commuter rail system with six lines in metropolitan Perth. As such, it receives trains northbound to central Perth and southbound to Mandurah and Rockingham. Four stopping patterns serve Murdoch station: all stations, C, K, and W.^[1] In effect, Murdoch is served by all trains on the Mandurah Line.

In the inbound direction, all stations, K-, and W-pattern trains take about 15 minutes, averaging 55 km/h (34 mph), to arrive at Perth.^[1] C-pattern trains stop at all stations except Canning Bridge heading to Perth, taking 14 minutes at an average of 59 km/h (37 mph).^[1]

In the outbound direction, an all stations train takes about 32 minutes, averaging 106 km/h (66 mph), to arrive at Mandurah.^[1] C-pattern trains operate locally to Mandurah apart from skipping Canning Bridge; this has no effect for passengers departing Murdoch for any southbound stations. K-pattern trains operate locally to Cockburn Central and then run express to Rockingham, taking 19 minutes to do so at an average of 93 km/h (58 mph).^[1] W-pattern trains stop at all stations and terminate at Cockburn Central, taking 12 minutes averaging 80 km/h (50 mph).^[1]

Station layout

Murdoch uses a simple island platform layout with two tracks. Platform 1 is used by trains bound for Perth underground station (these trains generally continue onto the Joondalup Line) whilst platform 2 is used by trains heading south towards Mandurah. Access to the station is provided from the busway platforms adjacent to South Street with a concourse containing faregates and a pair of escalators and lifts heading down to the platform located in the central reservation of the Kwinana Freeway.^[2]

Stop no.	Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Destination	Notes
[2819] Murdoch Station platforms
99651		Mandurah	All stations, C, K, W	Perth underground
99652		Mandurah	All stations, C, K, W	Mandurah	Shuttle weekdays only

The platform level of Murdoch Station.

Transfers

Bus transfers are available on the concourse level. The bus station is situated on a bridge structure extending over the freeway carriageways and railway station.^[3] Traffic signals at both ends of the bridge include a bus phase.

Bus routes

Stands 1-6

Stands 7-12

Bus priority measures

Several measures have been implemented or proposed to provide priority for feeder buses servicing Murdoch station:

• Implemented:
  • Bus lanes on South Street in peak hours extending east to Roe Highway (effective 6 June 2006).^[4]
• Proposed (as of 2008):
  • Lengthening of the slip lane used by buses entering the station from the west.^{[citation needed]}
  • Murdoch Transit Link, a bus transitway linking the train station with the Fiona Stanley Hospital (construction started in 2008^[5]), Challenger TAFE and the Murdoch campus of Murdoch University.^[6]

References

External links

• Transperth website