Eglinton railway station, Perth

Eglinton station is in Eglinton, a suburb of Perth in Western Australia. It is located south of Pipidinny Road and east of Marmion Avenue in an area undeveloped at the time of construction.[1] The station is in fare zone five.[2] The adjacent stations are Alkimos to the south and Yanchep to the north.[3]

The station will consist of two 150-metre (490 ft) long side platforms sunk into a cutting.[4]^: 5, 16 On top of the platforms will be a ground level concourse, connected to the platforms by a set of lifts, stairs and escalators.[1][3] It was designed this way to improve the experience of pedestrians, to lower the impact of noise, and to lower the visual impact. There will be entrances on the west and east sides of the station, but only the west entrance will be open initially as that land will not be developed upon the station opening. West of the station will be the bus interchange with eight stands, and north-west will be a car park with 436 bays. Other facilities will include parking for bicycles and toilets. The station will be fully accessible.[4]^: 16, 20

The original stage of the Joondalup line began construction in November 1989.[5] It was opened between Perth station and Joondalup station on 20 December 1992,[6] and extended to Currambine station on 8 August 1993.[7] An extension to Clarkson station opened on 4 October 2004[8] and an extension to Butler station opened on 21 September 2014.[9][10]

To cater for continuous population growth in the northern suburbs of Perth, in 2017, the government initiated the Yanchep rail extension, an extension of the Joondalup line 14.5 kilometres (9.0 mi) to Yanchep, with three new stations: Alkimos, Eglinton, and Yanchep. The Yanchep rail extension was part of the government's wider Metronet project to expand and upgrade Perth's rail network, and was delivered by the Public Transport Authority (PTA). The PTA chose to put the Yanchep rail extension under the same contract as the Thornlie–Cockburn Link.[3] The contract for the Yanchep rail extension and the Thornlie–Cockburn Link was awarded to the NEWest Alliance, a joint venture of CPB Contractors and Downer.[11][12]

Earthworks for the Yanchep rail extension began in mid-2020.[13] The design of Eglinton station was revealed in August 2020.[14] Foundation works for Eglinton station had begun by the end of 2021.[15][16]

Eglinton station will be served by the Joondalup line on the Transperth network.[21] Services are operated by the PTA through its Transperth Train Operations division.[22] The line will go between Yanchep and Elizabeth Quay station in the Perth central business district, continuing south from there as the Mandurah line.[21] It is expected that a train journey would take 46 minutes from Eglinton to Perth,[3] and that peak frequencies will be a train every 10 minutes.[4]^: 7 It is projected that Eglinton station will have 4,792 boardings per day by 2031.[3] Feeder bus services will operate running to Yanchep and Alkimos stations.[4]^: 8