Armadale railway line, Perth

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The Armadale Line is a suburban railway line in Perth, Australia. It runs through Perth's south-eastern suburbs and connects Perth and Armadale.

The Thornlie Line is a spur line connecting with the Armadale Line before Kenwick. It was built between 2004 to 2005 and opened on 7 August 2005. Trains to Thornlie run on the Armadale Line between Perth and Beckenham stations.

1 History
2 Train Stations
3 Stopping Patterns
4 Old Stopping Patterns
5 See also
6 Notes

[edit] History

An Armadale Line C pattern train waiting to depart at platform 2.

The Armadale line was opened on 2 May, 1889. The original stations were Perth, Kelmscott and Armadale. Cannington and Welshpool opened later in 1897 and 1898 repectively.^[1]

The following stations then opened:

Rivervale, opened in 1906 (later renamed Burswood) ^[2]
Mint Street in 1912 (renamed Carlisle in 1919) ^[2]
Queens Park on April 16, 1912 ^[2]
Victoria Park on September 22, 1922 ^[2]
Seaforth on May 4, 1948 ^[2]
Lathlain on May 2, 1959 ^[3]
Beckenham in 1968/9 ^[3]
Challis on October 29, 1973 ^[3]
Belmont Park on December 22, 1978 ^[4]

In September 1991 the line commenced electrified operation. ^[5]

Between 2004 and 2005, Armadale, Carlisle and Gosnells were upgraded to provide better facilities to passengers and provide better access between trains and buses. Victoria Park will be slated for upgrading works as well, possibly starting in 2007. ^[6] Lathlain station was closed on February 3, 2003 as part of the project.

The latest station, Thornlie, was opened on August 7, 2005. ^[5] The station is built on a spur line of the Armadale Line.

Between 1992 and August 8 2005, trains on the Armadale line continued through Perth to the Joondalup line. In 2004 new railcars were introduced, which became exclusive to the Joondalup line. Consequently, from 2005, Armadale Line trains no longer ran through Perth to other lines.

[edit] Train Stations

During peak hour times on weekdays, some train stations are non-stopped for faster commutes. The Armadale line also runs express trains during the weekdays, and even on weekends. This is the only line where expresses are run in non-peak hour times.

Red denotes city stations.
Yellow denotes Armadale line stations.
Black denotes terminuses.

Armadale / Thornlie Line
Name of Station	Code	Zone	Serving Suburbs	Pattern stops at this station				Connections
Perth	MPH	1, FTZ	Perth, Northbridge	All	B	C	T	Platform transfer to Fremantle Line, Joondalup Line, Mandurah Line and Midland Line Transwa Australind service to Bunbury Bus transfers at Wellington Street Bus Station
McIver	MMR	1, FTZ	Perth, East Perth	All	B	C	T	Midland Line
Claisebrook	MCK	1, FTZ	East Perth	All	B	C	T	Midland Line
Belmont Park	ABP	1	Belmont Park Racecourse	Special events only
Burswood	ABD	1	Burswood	All			T
Victoria Park	AVP	1	Victoria Park, Lathlain	All			T
Carlisle	ACE	1	Carlisle, East Victoria Park	All			T
Oats Street	AOS	1, 2	Carlisle, East Victoria Park	All	B	C	T	Bus transfers, CircleRoute
Welshpool	AWL	2	Bentley, Welshpool	All			T
Queens Park	AQP	2	Cannington, Queens Park	All	B		T
Cannington	ACN	2	Cannington, East Cannington	All	B	C	T	Bus transfers
Beckenham	ABM	2	Beckenham	All	B	C
Thornlie	ATE	2	Langford, Thornlie				T	Bus transfers
Kenwick	AKK	2	Kenwick	All	B	C
Maddington	AMN	2, 3	Maddington	All	B	C		Bus transfers
Gosnells	AGS	3	Gosnells	All	B	C		Bus transfers
Seaforth	ASH	3	Gosnells	All	B	C
Kelmscott	AKT	3, 4	Kelmscott, Westfield	All	B	C		Bus transfers
Challis	ACS	4	Kelmscott	All	B	C
Sherwood	ASD	4	Armadale	All	B	C
Armadale	AAE	4	Armadale	All	B	C		Transwa Australind service to Bunbury Bus transfers

[edit] Stopping Patterns

All - all stops to Armadale
T - all stops to Thornlie (this route excludes Beckenham)
B - all stops to Armadale, except Burswood, Victoria Park, Carlisle, and Welshpool. (this route excludes Thornlie, to Armadale only).
C - all stops to Claisebrook, express to Oats Street, express to Cannington, then all stops to Armadale (excluding Thornlie)

R - pattern deviations to All and T patterns to stop at Belmont Park.

[edit] Old Stopping Patterns

D - all stops to Armadale, except Beckenham, Seaforth, Challis, and Sherwood. (this route was replaced by pattern E on 8 August 2005, this route excluded Thornlie).
E - all stops to Claisebrook, express to Cannington, express to Kenwick, then all stops to Armadale except Seaforth, Challis, and Sherwood. (this route was deprecated on 20 August 2006)