Joondalup railway line

Joondalup railway line
Overview
Termini	Perth Butler
Stations	13
Ridership	17.1 million (year to June 2015)
Operation
Opened	20 December 1992
Owner	Public Transport Authority
Operator(s)	Transperth
Technical
Line length
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	Overhead 25 kv AC
Route map Butler railway line Legend Continues to Mandurah line Elizabeth Quay 000.0km Perth Underground William Street Tunnel x20px Roe Street Tunnel Fremantle line Graham Farmer Freeway (Hamilton Interchange) Neutral Section Loftus St/Thomas St 003.2km Leederville Lake Monger Dr/Vincent St Neutral Section Hillman Substation Powis Street 005.4km Glendalough Scarborough Beach Road Hutton Street 009.0km Stirling Cedric Street Karrinyup Road Erindale Road Reid Highway Beach Road 014.5km Warwick Warwick Road 017.8km Greenwood Hepburn Avenue 019.0km Whitfords 19.5km Whitfords Avenue Whitfords Siding Ocean Reef Road Neutral Section Edgewater Substation 023.0km Edgewater Mitchell Freeway (southbound) Joondalup Drive/Hodges Drive 026.0km Joondalup Station Square Joondalup Drive Shenton Avenue Mitchell Freeway (southbound) 029.2km Currambine Burns Beach Road 033.2km Clarkson Neutral Section Hester Avenue Nowergup depot Landbeach Boulevard Benenden Avenue Butler Boulevard 040.7km Butler Template:TransperthRailwayLines2

The Joondalup railway line is a suburban railway line in Western Australia that runs from Perth north to Butler. For much of its route, it traverses the median strip of the Mitchell Freeway.

History

File:Mitchell Freeway 100 N Stirling Civic with train.jpg

B-series train on the Mitchell Freeway median strip in October 2006

On 14 November 1989, construction commenced on the line with Premier Peter Dowding driving the first spike. The line to Joondalup was opened by Premier Carmen Lawrence on 20 December 1992. Initially only Leederville, Edgewater and Joondalup stations were opened with the remaining stations opened as completed for a full service to commence on 21 March 1993. A realignment of the entire Transperth bus system was undertaken whereby the new train stations became bus interchanges. On 8 August 1993, the line was extended to Currambine.

Initially, service frequencies were similar to those for the Fremantle line as lower passenger numbers were anticipated, however overcrowding saw the doubling of services between Perth and Whitfords on weekdays. Services were reverted to Fremantle line frequencies between 09:00 and 14:00 on 28 June 2009 due to low passenger numbers on those services.

On 4 October 2004, the line was extended to Clarkson as part of the New MetroRail project. Nowergup depot opened at the same time. On 29 January 2005, Greenwood was opened to alleviate pressure at the adjacent Warwick and Whitfords stations.

On 8 August 2005, the service, which previously continued south from Perth station onto the Armadale line, was curtailed at Perth and no longer provided a through service. On 15 October 2007, Joondalup line trains began running to Perth Underground and Esplanade stations via new tunnels under central Perth.

On 23 December 2007, the opening of the Mandurah line resulted in Joondalup services operating through to Mandurah. On 21 September 2014, the line was extended to Butler.

Patronage

Below is the annual patronage of Joondalup railway line from 2010–2011 financial year. Figures are provided as total boardings, which includes all fare-paying boardings and free travel on stations within the free transit zones as well as transfers between stations. The figures for rail replacement and special events services are not included in the total.

Joondalup railway line annual patronage

Year	Patronage	±%
2010–11	15,611,836	—
2011–12	16,700,234	7000697162076260600♠+6.97%
2012–13	17,449,891	7000448890117348060♠+4.49%
2013–14	16,897,361	2999683361918994220♠−3.17%
2014–15	17,105,797	7000123354173471230♠+1.23%

Stations

Most services are operated by B-series trains, although some shuttle services (W pattern) between Whitfords and Cockburn Central are operated by A-series trains.

Joondalup Line
Name of station	Code	Zone	Serving suburbs	Pattern stops at this station					Connections
				All	C	K	L	W
Esplanade	REE	1,	Perth	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Bus transfers at Esplanade Busport Through to Mandurah line
Perth Underground	MPH	1,	Perth, Northbridge	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Platform transfer to Armadale / Thornlie, Fremantle, Midland lines Transwa Australind service to Bunbury Bus transfers at Roe Street bus station
Leederville	JLE	1	Leederville, West Leederville	Template:TP stop		Template:TP stop		Template:TP stop
Glendalough	JGH	1	Glendalough, Osborne Park	Template:TP stop		Template:TP stop		Template:TP stop	Bus transfers
Stirling	JSG	2	Innaloo, Osborne Park, Stirling	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Bus transfers, CircleRoute
Warwick	JWK	2	Carine, Duncraig, Hamersley, Warwick	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Bus transfers
Greenwood	JGD	2	Duncraig, Greenwood, Kingsley, Padbury	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop
Whitfords	JWS	3	Craigie, Kingsley, Padbury, Woodvale	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Bus transfers
Edgewater	JER	3	Beldon, Edgewater, Heathridge	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop
Joondalup	JJP	3	Joondalup	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop		Bus transfers
Currambine	JCE	4	Currambine, Joondalup, Kinross	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop
Clarkson	JCN	4	Clarkson	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop		Bus transfers
Butler	JBR	5	Butler	Template:TP stop	Template:TP stop				Bus transfers
Legend: Red denotes city stations Green denotes Clarkson line stations Black denotes termini Stopping patterns: All     all stops to Butler C       express to Stirling then all stops to butler (until 31st of January 2016 when it will be disused and will turn into an all stop service) K       all stops to Clarkson; terminates at Clarkson L       express to Stirling, then all stops to terminate at Clarkson W      all stops to Whitfords, except Greenwood (until 31 January 2016) P       reverse of W – all stops to Perth, except Greenwood; terminates at Platform 8 at Perth

Proposed extension

There are plans to extend the line to Brighton, Alkimos, Eglinton and Yanchep, although it is not likely to occur until post 2020.

External links

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