Welshpool railway station, Perth
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Welshpool was a railway station on the Transperth network. It was located on the Armadale and Thornlie lines, 9.5 kilometres from Perth Station serving the suburbs of Welshpool and Bentley, Western Australia.
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General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | Sevenoaks Street, Welshpool/Bentley Australia | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°59′43″S 115°55′24″E | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | Public Transport Authority | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | Transperth Train Operations | ||||||||||||||
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Distance | 9.5 kilometres from Perth | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||
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Station code | AWL 99081 (platform 1) 99082 (platform 2) | ||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 1889 | ||||||||||||||
Closed | 20 November 2023 | ||||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
2013–14 | 116,681 | ||||||||||||||
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The station closed on 20 November 2023 as part of the Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal Project, as it was located too close to the nearby Leach Highway bridge for a new station to be built.[1]