Cockburn Central railway station

Coordinates: 32°07′32″S 115°51′30″E / 32.125607°S 115.858452°E / -32.125607; 115.858452

Cockburn Central
Transperth Trains • List of Perth railway stations
Mandurah Line
Location
Street	Kwinana Freeway, Beeliar Drive, North Lake Road, Knock Place, Junction Boulevard, Signal Terrace, Points Way
Suburb	Atwell, Jandakot, Success, Cockburn Central
Distance from Perth	20.5 km (12.7 mi)
General information
Station code	RCL
Fare zone	3
Station design
Number of platforms	2
Platform architecture	Island
Station structure	Closed Station
Access by	Overhead bridges
Transfers
Train transfer	No
Bus transfer	Yes
Total number of bus stands	12, 10 stands are in use
Total number of bus routes	15
Facilities
Transit guard booth	Yes
Park 'n' Ride	Yes (395 bays)
Lock 'n' Ride	No, but Pay 'n' Display (205 bays)
Lifts	1
Escalators	2
Add Value Machines	Yes
Public telephones	Yes
Public toilets	Yes

The entrance of Cockburn Central Station.

The platform level of Cockburn Central Station.

Cockburn Central Station is a railway station located in Jandakot, Western Australia. Situated in the Kwinana Freeway median strip, and just north of the Beeliar Drive/Armadale Road interchange, it is also integrated with the Success Park 'n' Ride bus station. It is served by the interburban Mandurah line, with services to both the Perth CBD and the neighbouring city of Mandurah. When the station was commissioned, Cockburn Central became a suburb of its own.

Service

Cockburn Central is on the Mandurah Line of the Transperth Trains network, a hybrid metro-commuter rail system with five lines in metropolitan Perth. As such, it receives trains northbound to central Perth and southbound to the suburbs of Mandurah and Rockingham. Four stopping patterns serve Cockburn Central station: all stations, C, K, and W which terminates at this station.^[1]

In the inbound direction, all stations, K-, and W-pattern trains take about 19 minutes, averaging 64.7 km/h (40.2 mph), to arrive at Perth.^[1] C-pattern trains stop at all stations except Canning Bridge heading to Perth, taking 18 minutes at an average of 68.3 km/h (42.4 mph).^[1]

In the outbound direction, an all stations train takes about 32 minutes, averaging 93.0 km/h (57.8 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 Cockburn Central for any southbound stations. K-pattern trains operate skip Kwinana and Wellard on their way to Rockingham, taking 15 minutes at an average of 90.8 km/h (56.4 mph). W-pattern trains terminate at Cockburn.^[1]

Station layout

Cockburn Central 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 by a pedestrian overpass connecting a busway with the western end of Knock Place. A concourse containing faregates lies above the platform and beyond these gates there is a pair of escalators and lifts heading down to the platform located in the central reservation of the Kwinana Freeway.^[2] To the south of the station is a siding where terminating trains are parked. These sidings remain empty on weekends, when the W pattern does not operate.

Stop no.	Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Destination	Notes
[2820] Cockburn Central station platforms
99661		Mandurah	All stations, K, W	Perth underground	Shuttle weekdays only, terminus of Shuttle
99662		Mandurah	All stations	Mandurah
			K	Rockingham

Bus routes

Stands 1-6

Stands 7-12

It was proposed that a bus route linking Cockburn Central with Armadale on the Armadale line, which could possibly shave up to 45 minutes off current travelling times between the two stations. In August a three-month trial of the bus route 529 was announced linking the two stations commencing 17 October 2010 Link.

Face of the Community

There are two images (as seen below), representing the faces of the community. This is a literal merge of many of The City of Cockburn's faces and visually depicts the average female and male; a white middle aged woman and young boy respectively. Clearly representing the demographic of it's constituents and prominently displayed on the top of the station. They are clearly visible from the Kwinana Freeway.

Gallery

See also

• Southern Coast Transit
• Swan Transit

References

External links

• Station access plan
• New MetroRail - Cockburn Central