Redcliffe railway station
Railway station in Perth, Western Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Redcliffe railway station is a station for underground commuter rail services in Redcliffe, east of Perth, Western Australia. The station is one of three stations that were built as part of the Forrestfield–Airport Link project and is served by Transperth's Airport line services.
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Location | Dunreath Drive, Redcliffe Western Australia Australia | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°56′01″S 115°56′59″E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Public Transport Authority | ||||||||||
Operated by | Transperth Train Operations | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Airport line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform with 2 platform edges | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 9 October 2022 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
Predicted | 4,100 | ||||||||||
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The contract for the Forrestfield–Airport Link, which consists of 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) of twin bored tunnels and three new stations, was awarded to Salini Impregilo and NRW Pty Ltd in April 2016. Forward works, which included the permanent closure of Brearley Avenue between Great Eastern Highway and Dunreath Drive, began in 2016. Construction began in mid-2017, and by June 2018, excavation was complete. The two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) reached the station in mid-2019, having tunnelled from High Wycombe, and left tunnelling towards Bayswater after several weeks of maintenance. Construction of the station infrastructure followed.
Originally planned to open in 2020, the line officially opened on 9 October 2022. It is served by trains every twelve minutes during peak hour and every fifteen minutes outside peak hour and on weekends and public holidays. At night, trains are half-hourly or hourly. The journey to Perth station takes fifteen minutes.