Burswood railway station

Burswood
Transperth Trains • List of Perth railway stations
Armadale / Thornlie Line
Location
Street	Burswood Road, Goodwood Parade
Suburb	Burswood, Lathlain
Distance from Perth	4.8 km (3.0 mi)
General information
Station code	ABD
Fare zone	1
Station design
Number of platforms	2
Platform architecture	1 island
Station structure	Open Station
Access by	Maze
Transfers
Train transfer	No
Bus transfer	No
Facilities
Transit guard booth	Yes
Park 'n' Ride	Yes
Lock 'n' Ride	No
Lifts	0
Escalators	0
Add Value Machines	No
Public telephones	No
Public toilets	No

Coordinates: 31°57′36″S 115°54′00″E / 31.960°S 115.900°E / -31.960; 115.900 Burswood (known as Rivervale between 1921 and 1993), is a Transperth railway station 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) east of Perth railway station on the Armadale/Thornlie Line. It is adjacent to Crown Perth.

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 600m east of the station.

Station location

Burswood station is located within a small triangular area bounded by the Swan River, the Great Eastern Highway, and the Graham Farmer Freeway. The tracks lie on a right-of-way in between Goodwood Parade and Victoria Park Drive,^[3] eventually utilising an overpass to cross the Great Eastern Highway directly to the south. There is an entrance to the station on either side of the tracks on the southern end of the platform, requiring passengers to cross the tracks at grade level.^[3]

Platforms

Two services of the Armadale Line stop at Burswood station: all stations and T. All stations trains run locally from Perth towards Armadale, whilst T-pattern trains run locally from Perth station to Thornlie, skipping Beckenham station and splitting from the rest of the Armadale Line at Cannington. B and C-pattern express trains do not stop at Burswood.

Trains bound for Perth depart at 15-minute frequencies,^[4] arriving at Perth eight minutes later. Outbound trains to Thornlie run every 15 minutes as well.^[4] Occasional off-peak services run to Armadale.^[4]

Stop no.	Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Destination	Notes
[2780] Burswood station platforms
99041		Armadale	All stations	Perth
		Thornlie
99042		Armadale	All stations	Armadale
		Thornlie	T	Thornlie

Bus routes

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