Daglish railway station
Daglish | |||||||||||||||
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 Daglish railway station in August 2021 | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Railway Road & Stubbs Terrace, Daglish Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°57′07″S 115°48′47″E / 31.951971°S 115.813193°E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Public Transport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Transperth Train Operations | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Fremantle line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 4.9 kilometres (3.0 mi) from Perth | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 platform faces with 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Federation Bungalow | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | FDH 99231 (platform 1) 99232 (platform 2) | ||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 14 July 1924 | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| 2013–14 | 186,725 | ||||||||||||||
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Daglish railway station (officially Daglish Station) is a commuter railway station on the boundary of Daglish and Subiaco, suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. The station is on the Fremantle line, which is part of the Transperth public transport network. It has an island platform, accessed by a pedestrian underpass. The station is only partially accessible due to a steep ramp and lack of tactile paving. Services run every 10 minutes during peak, and every 15 minutes outside peak, and on weekends and public holidays. The journey to Perth railway station is 4.9 kilometres (3.0 mi), and takes 7 minutes.
The station opened in 1924. It was named after Henry Daglish, who was a Mayor of Subiaco, member for the electoral district of Subiaco and Premier of Western Australia. Daglish was a resident of Subiaco for 22 years before he died in 1920. The suburb of Daglish was developed over the two decades after the station was built.
Description
Daglish railway station is on the boundary of Daglish and Subiaco, suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. It is located between Railway Road to the south-east, and Stubbs Terrace to the north-west.[1] The station is 4.9 kilometres (3.0 mi),[2] or a 7-minute train journey, from Perth railway station. The adjacent stations are Subiaco railway station towards Perth, and Shenton Park railway station towards Fremantle.[3][4]
The station consists of a single island platform with two platform faces. The platform is approximately 95 metres (312 ft) long, or long enough for a Transperth 4 car train, but not a 6 car train. The platform has a bitumen surface with concrete edges.[5] At the south-west end of the platform is a pedestrian subway, accessible from the platform by a ramp.[1] On the platform are two small red brick buildings under a single terracotta tiled roof. Between them is an undercover area for seating. The building displays elements of the Federation Bungalow architectural style. The station building, platform and underpass are largely the same as when originally built, with the main change being that the doors and windows are bricked in. Surrounding Daglish station are some ornamental gardens, including a hedge that spells "DAGLISH".[5] The station is not fully accessible, as the access ramp is too steep, and there is no tactile paving.[4]
Immediately south-west of the station is a turnback siding. It was used by trains operating special event services for Subiaco Oval[6] until the stadium was closed in 2017. Trains would park there before heading to West Leederville railway station to pick up passengers. It will be used by Morley–Ellenbrook line trains when that line opens in 2024.[7] The Morley–Ellenbrook line trains will not stop at Daglish station or any other station between Daglish and Perth. The turnback has capacity for five trains per hour, and so an additional turnback will be needed for that line to achieve six trains per hour, which is planned in 2031.[8][9]
History
By 1920, the Subiaco community wanted a railway station in the southern part of Subiaco. The Subiaco Municipal Council started lobbying the Government of Western Australia for a station to be built near Lawler Street. In 1922, the government promised that the station would be built, after many meetings between the Premier, Minister for Railways, and the Mayor of Subiaco, Walter Richardson.[10]: 242 The station was constructed during 1923 and the first part of 1924,[10]: 243 during which time the station was often called Lawler Street station, after a nearby street.[10]: 242 It opened on 14 July 1924,[11][12] and was named after Henry Daglish, who was a former Mayor of Subiaco, member for the electoral district of Subiaco and Premier of Western Australia. Daglish was a resident of Subiaco for 22 years before he died in 1920.[13][14]: 32
In 1925, the Municipality of Subiaco acquired the land northwest of the station. Previously planned to be used as a rail yard, the council planned to create a residential suburb there named Daglish.[10]: 243 The development of the suburb spanned the following two decades.[10]: 244–247
Car parks at the station were built in the 1960s, with the Stubbs Terrace car park built around 1966–67, and the Railway Road car park built in 1969.[5] In 1970, the then-operator of the railway network, Western Australian Government Railways, changed the way it handled freight. This meant that from 31 January 1970, the station's parcel's office and ticket office no longer operated, and staff no longer worked at the station. The windows and doors to the station building were filled in with bricks. The building is now occupied by electrical equipment.[5] The station closed on 1 September 1979 along with the rest of the Fremantle line. It re-opened on 29 July 1983 when services on the Fremantle line were restored.[5][15]
In May 2007 a single ended turnback siding was opened between the mainline tracks south-west of the station, permitting the reversal of six-car trains moving special event crowds to and from Subiaco Oval.[6]
Services
Daglish railway station is served by the Fremantle line on the Transperth network. Services are operated by Transperth Train Operations, a division of the Public Transport Authority.[16][17] The line runs between Fremantle station and Perth station, continuing past Perth as the Midland line. It will also be served by the Airport line when that opens in the first half of 2022. Services on the Airport line will go between High Wycombe railway station and Claremont railway station.[18] Fremantle line trains stop at the station every 10 minutes during peak on weekdays, and every 15 minutes outside peak, and on weekends and public holidays. At night time, trains are half-hourly or hourly. Christmas Day has a different timetable to other public holidays.[3] When the Airport line opens, Fremantle line trains will stop every 12 minutes during peak, and Airport line trains will stop every 12 minutes during peak, for a combined frequency of a train every 6 minutes towards Perth. During off peak, each line will have a train every 15 minutes.[19] The station saw 186,725 passengers in the 2013–14 financial year.[20] In 2015, the station had 644 average weekday boardings, making it the 50th busiest station out of the 69 stations on the network.[21]
On Railway Road next to the station are a pair of bus stops. These are served by route 27, which runs between East Perth and Claremont railway station.[22] These are also served by rail replacement bus route 906 when trains are not running.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Daglish Station – Access Map" (PDF). Transperth. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Manual – Rail Access" (PDF). Public Transport Authority. 30 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021. Distance from East Perth Station to Perth Station is 2.1 km. Distance from East Perth Station to Daglish Station is 7.0 km. Therefore, the distance from Perth station to Daglish station is 4.9 km.
- ^ a b "Fremantle Line Train Timetable" (PDF). Transperth. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Daglish Station". Transperth. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Daglish Railway Station". inHerit. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Public Transport Authority Annual Report 2006/07" (PDF). Public Transport Authority. 2007. pp. 5, 14. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Public transport boost for major Subiaco Oval events". Public Transport Authority. 22 October 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Morley–Ellenbrook Line Project Definition Plan" (PDF). Metronet. June 2020. p. 14. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Morley-Ellenbrook Line Project Update - January 2021" (PDF). Metronet. January 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Spillman, Ken (1985). Identity Prized : A History of Subiaco. University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 0-85564-239-4.
- ^ "News And Notes". The West Australian. 8 July 1924. p. 6. Retrieved 2 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Progress of Subiaco". The Sunday Times. 20 July 1924. p. 17. Retrieved 2 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Photo F. W. Flood". Western Mail. 3 July 1924. p. 29. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Bizzaca, Kristy (February 2014). "City of Subiaco Thematic History and Framework" (PDF). City of Subiaco. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Our history". Public Transport Authority. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Transperth". Public Transport Authority. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "About Us". Transperth. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Forrestfield-Airport Link Project Overview" (PDF). Metronet. May 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Planning underway on Airport Line connecting bus and train services". Media Statements. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Question On Notice No. 4244 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 25 June 2015 by Mr M. Mcgowan". Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Transport, Access and Parking Strategy" (PDF). City of Subiaco. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Bus Timetable 33" (PDF). Transperth. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
External links
- Daglish Station information page from Transperth