Stirling railway station, Perth

Stirling
Northbound view in August 2005
Location	Mitchell Freeway, Stirling Australia
Coordinates	31°53′39″S 115°48′16″E / 31.894101°S 115.804482°E / -31.894101; 115.804482Coordinates: 31°53′39″S 115°48′16″E / 31.894101°S 115.804482°E / -31.894101; 115.804482
Owned by	Public Transport Authority
Operated by	Transperth
Line(s)	Joondalup
Distance	9.0 kilometres from Perth
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	JSG 99821 (platform 1) 99822 (platform 2)
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	28 February 1993
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Transperth Trains network   Following station Glendalough towards Elizabeth Quay Joondalup Line Warwick towards Butler

Stirling railway station is a railway station on the Transperth network. It is located on the Joondalup line, nine kilometres from Perth station serving the suburb of Stirling.

History

Stirling station opened on 28 February 1993 in the median strip of the Mitchell Freeway. ^[1][2][3]

A pair of crossovers link the two mainline tracks at the Perth end of the station, allowing the turnback of train services in the event of a disruption in either direction.^[4]

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.^[5]

Due to the nature of the future Stephenson Highway, a number of road layout options were considered including:^[5]

• 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.^[5]

Services

Stirling station is served by Transperth Joondalup line services.^[6]

Platforms

Platforms currently in use are as follows:

Stop no.	Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Destination	Notes
[2801] Stirling station platforms
99821		Joondalup	All stations, A	Perth underground
99822		Joondalup	All stations	Butler
			K	Clarkson
			W	Whitfords	W-pattern shuttle peak time weekdays only

Bus routes

References

External links

Media related to Stirling railway station, Perth at Wikimedia Commons

Transperth buses network Central area Elizabeth Quay Roe Street (Perth CAT) Perth Busport (under construction) Northern area Butler Clarkson Glendalough Joondalup (CAT) Karrinyup Mirrabooka Stirling Warwick Whitfords Eastern area Bassendean Bayswater Kalamunda Midland Morley Western area Booragoon Cottesloe Claremont Fremantle (CAT) Shenton Park Subiaco South eastern area Armadale Cannington Curtin University Gosnells Kelmscott Maddington Oats Street Thornlie Victoria Park Southern area Bull Creek Canning Bridge Cockburn Central Kwinana Kwinana bus station Murdoch Rockingham (RCTS) Warnbro Wellard Mandurah Bus stations marked with do not have an accompanying railway station.