South Beach railway station

South Beach railway station was a railway station on the Transperth network. It was located on the Fremantle line, 22 kilometres from Perth station in South Fremantle.

South Beach
Southbound view in February 2006
General information
LocationOcean Drive, South Fremantle
Australia
Coordinates32°04′38″S 115°45′10″E
Owned byPublic Transport Authority
Operated byTransperth
Line(s)Fremantle
Distance22.0 kilometres from Perth
Platforms1
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeGround
History
Opened1986
Closed1987
Services
Preceding station Transperth Transperth Following station
Success Harbour
towards Perth
 Fremantle line Terminus

History

On 22 October 1898, the Fremantle line was extended south from Fremantle to Robbs Jetty.[1]

For the staging of the 1987 America's Cup, the existing narrow and standard gauge tracks were combined as one dual gauge line with three temporary stations erected, one of which was South Beach. Between October 1986 and February 1987, the Hotham Valley Railway operated a daily service on this section of the line with a W class steam locomotive as the Spinnaker Run.[2] This was supplemented by Transperth special services. Having not been used since, the station was demolished in September 2018.[3][4]

References
  1. Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian railway routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-909650-49-0.
  2. "A Descriptive History of Hotham Valley Tourist Railway". Hotham Valley Railway.
  3. "Fremantle Line Platform Demolitions". Public Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  4. "Fremantle line platforms removed". Railway Digest. November 2018. p. 27.
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