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Stirling railway station, Perth

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Operated by
  
Transperth

Structure type
  
Ground

Platforms in use
  
2 (1 island)

Line(s)
  
Joondalup

Opened
  
28 February 1993

Tracks
  
2

Stirling railway station, Perth

Location
  
Mitchell Freeway, Stirling Australia

Owned by
  
Public Transport Authority

Distance
  
9.0 kilometres from Perth

Address
  
Stirling WA 6018, Australia

Owner
  
Public Transport Authority

Similar
  
Glendalough railway station, Warwick railway station - P, Greenwood railway station, Whitfords railway station, Joondalup railway station

Stirling railway station is a railway station on the Transperth network. It is located on the Joondalup line, nine kilometres from Perth station serving the suburb of Stirling.

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History

Stirling station opened on 28 February 1993 in the median strip of the Mitchell Freeway.

A pair of crossovers link the two mainline tracks at the Perth end of the station, allowing the turnback of train services in the event of a disruption in either direction.

Traffic issues

The station's location presented some interesting design challenges - while the station resides within the Mitchell Freeway road reserve, the road reserve for the future Stephenson Highway runs in an area directly over the station at the southern end of its platforms. During the design of the station and its approach roads, the engineering firm Ove Arup & Partners was tasked with investigating and designing road layouts to accommodate for both future and current needs.

Due to the nature of the future Stephenson Highway, a number of road layout options were considered including:

  • Original designs first proposed for the freeway by the Main Roads Department, consisting of a diamond interchange between Scarborough Beach Road and Stephenson Highway, and link of existing Oswald Street (later known as Ellen Stirling Boulevard), Osborne Park.
  • As per the above option, but without the Osborne Park link.
  • As per the above option, but without the link of Oswald Street between Scarborough Beach Road and Cedric Street (an option recommended by station designers Hames Sharley architects).
  • A design only known as the Forbes and Fitzhardinge planning scheme, of which no information or design drawings exist within the engineers' report.

    • All of the above designs involved significantly complex road layouts which amongst others included partial cloverleaf interchanges, and the construction of new bridges connecting the future highway to Cedric Street.

    Services

    Stirling station is served by Transperth Joondalup line services.

    Platforms

    Platforms currently in use are as follows:

    References

    Stirling railway station, Perth Wikipedia
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