Operated by Transperth Platforms 2 side Tracks 2 | Line(s) Mandurah Opened 23 December 2007 | |
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Location Rae Road, Cooloongup
Australia Owned by Public Transport Authority Distance 43.2 kilometres from Perth Address Rockingham WA 6168, Australia Owner Public Transport Authority Similar Warnbro railway station, Wellard railway station, Mandurah railway station, Kwinana railway station, Cockburn Central railway st | ||
Rockingham station is a railway station on the Transperth network. It is located on the Mandurah line, 43.2 kilometres from Perth station serving the suburb of Cooloongup.
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History
Under the original 1999 Southern Suburbs Railway plan, Rockingham station would have been located within the Rockingham central business district in close proximity to major shopping and civic areas. This plan proposed the line to access Rockingham CBD by tunnel.
However, in 2002, the Southern Suburbs Railway (Mandurah line) was altered to operate via a more direct route from Perth via the median strip of the Kwinana Freeway rather than via the Armadale and Kwinana lines as originally planned. The planned central Rockingham station was abandoned at this time, in order to offset the extra cost of the Perth leg. The new location avoided the cost of tunnelling under Rockingham, but was now located on the edge of the city rather than in the centre of it two kilometres east of Rockingham Shopping Centre.
To offset this, the State Government announced plans to construct a light rail link to the Rockingham CBD instead. This did not transpire, although provision was made in the station design and layout for it. Evidence of the abandoned light rail is seen in the busway approach to the station, where concrete 'tracks' can be seen. These would have accommodated rail inset into a concrete base and presumably can still be used in this way in the future. The light rail track would have ended at a platform under the existing station canopy near the western entrance.
Rockingham station opened along with the rest of the Mandurah line on 23 December 2007. The station was designed by Jones Coulter Young architects.
Services
Rockingham station is served by Transperth Mandurah line services.