Midland railway line, Perth
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Midland Line is a suburban railway line in Perth, Western Australia. It runs through Perth's eastern suburbs and connects Perth and Midland.
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[edit] History
The line was a part of the first suburban railway line in Perth, opening on March 1, 1881. It originally operated as the Eastern Railway and ran between Fremantle and Guildford passing through Perth.
Throughout the 1880s, the Eastern Railway line was extended beyond Guildford and Midland Junction along its first route to Chidlow and Northam. The second route varied after Bellevue proceeding to Chidlow. The third route saw the removal of the Bellevue Railway station in its construction, with the new Midland railway terminus replacing the older Midland Junction railway station.
An anomaly of the Midland line timetables in the 1950's and 1960's was that Bellevue was nominally the terminus of the line until 1962. Koongamia, which was a new station prior to Greenmount on the original first route, was the terminus from 1962 to 1966.
In 1966, the stations on the first two Eastern Railway routes as well as the old Midland Junction railway station were closed and the new Midland was constructed 200 metres to the west and became the new terminus.
Generally, changes from the 1970's saw a significant number of stations on the line moved or turned into island platform stations.
On July 24, 2004, Bassendean became the first station to be upgraded under the Building Better Stations project.
In the earlier decades of the twentieth century, a significant number of rail-crossing accidents between motor vehicles and trains occurred. Unattended crossings were provided with boom gates, flashing lights and bells to counter inattention or risk taking from drivers. Also crossings were reduced, and in a number of locations bridges were constructed.
In mid-February 2006, an express train from heading from Midland to Perth, was involved in an accident with a passenger car. Near Guildford a tourist, unfamilliar with the road layout illegally turned right at a set of traffic lights onto the wrong side of the road crossing the railway. This lane was not protected on the oncoming side with a boom gate as it was a one way lane. The train slammed into the vehicle, dragging it for a short distance. The accident resulted in the death of the car's driver but no fatalities or reported injuries to the passenger and driver of the train.
[edit] Train Stations
During peak hours on weekdays, some stopping patterns exclude stations on this line.
- Red denotes city stations.
- Dark Red denotes Midland line stations.
- Black denotes terminuses.
| Name of Station | Code | Zone | Serving Suburbs | Pattern stops at this station | Connections | |||
| Midland Line | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perth | MPH | 1, FTZ | Perth, Northbridge | All | A | B | E | Through to Fremantle Line Platform transfer to Armadale / Thornlie Line, Joondalup Line and Mandurah Line Transwa Australind service to Bunbury Bus transfers at Wellington Street Bus Station |
| McIver | MMR | 1, FTZ | Perth, East Perth | All | A | B | E | Armadale / Thornlie Line |
| Claisebrook | MCK | 1, FTZ | East Perth | All | A | B | E | Armadale / Thornlie Line |
| East Perth | MEP | 1 | Perth, East Perth | All | B | East Perth Passenger Terminal Transwa Avonlink service to Merredin Transwa Prospector service to Kalgoorlie Indian Pacific to Adelaide and Sydney Country and Interstate Coach Services |
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| Mt Lawley | MML | 1 | Mount Lawley | All | B | |||
| Maylands | MMS | 1 | Maylands | All | A | B | E | |
| Meltham | MMM | 1 | Bayswater | All | B | |||
| Bayswater | MBR | 1, 2 | Bayswater | All | A | B | E | Bus transfers, CircleRoute |
| Ashfield | MAD | 2 | Ashfield, Bassendean | All | A | |||
| Bassendean | MBN | 2 | Bassendean | All | A | B | E | Bus transfers |
| Success Hill | MSH | 2 | Bassendean | All | A | |||
| Guildford | MGD | 2 | Guildford | All | A | |||
| East Guildford | MEG | 2 | Guildford | All | A | |||
| Woodbridge | MWM | 2 | Woodbridge | All | A | |||
| Midland | MMD | 2, 3 | Midland | All | A | B | E | Bus transfers Transwa Avonlink service to Northam and Merredin Transwa Prospector service to Kalgoorlie Country coach services |
[edit] Stopping Patterns
- All - all stops to Midland.
- A - stops at McIver, Claisebrook, express to Maylands, express to Bayswater, then all stations to Midland.
- B - all stops to Bayswater, then stops at Bassendean and Midland.
- E - stops at McIver, Claisebrook, Maylands, Bayswater, Bassendean and Midland. (to Perth services only)
[edit] See also
[edit] Further reading
- Watson, Lindsay The Railway History Of Midland Junction : Commemorating The Centenary Of Midland Junction, 1895-1995 Swan View, W.A : L & S Drafting in association with the Shire of Swan and the Western Australian Light Railway Preservation Association, [1995
