Owned by Transwa Line(s) Eastern | Operated by Transwa Platforms 1 | |
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Location Wellington Street, Northam Distance 120.50 kilometres from Perth | ||
Northam railway station is located on the Eastern Railway in Western Australia. It serves the town of Northam.
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History
The line to Northam opened on 13 October 1886 at the end of a 15 kilometre branch line from Spencers Brook on the Eastern Railway. When the Eastern Railway was extended to Southern Cross on 1 July 1894, it was done so via Northam.
Northam became an important junction station with a large yard, signalbox and locomotive depot to serve lines radiating out to Goomalling, Mullewa, Mukinbudin and Wyalkatchem. In 1900, a new station opened on the south-west side of the town.
As part of the construction of a new dual gauge Eastern Railway from Midland via the Avon Valley, a new station was opened on the eastern side of the town on 7 October 1966 by the Minister for Railways Charles Court. The original station closed on 12 February 1966 and has been converted to a museum. Part of the original line along Fitzgerald Street was retained to allow access to the steam locomotive depot and oil and flour mill sidings. It was later removed.
Today, the dual gauge Eastern Railway terminates at Northam and becomes the standard gauge Eastern Goldfields Railway. Narrow gauge lines branch off east of the town north to Goomalling and south to York and Albany via the Great Southern Railway. To the west of the town lies Avon Yard.
Passenger services
Transwa's Avonlink and Prospector services stop at Northam, at least one service each day.
The Indian Pacific also stops here, running once or twice a week (depending on the time of year) between East Perth and Sydney Central.