Claremont railway station, Perth

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Claremont
Fremantle Line
Station code	FCT
Street	Gugeri Street, Shenton Road, Leura Avenue, Davies Road
Suburb	Claremont
Fare zone	1
Distance from Perth Station	9.3 km
Stopping patterns	All, A, B, K, L, S
Number of platforms	2
Platform architecture	1 island
Station structure	Open Station
Access by	Pedestrian Overpass, Maze
Transit guard booth	Yes
Train transfer	No
Bus transfer	Yes
Park 'n' Ride	Yes
Lock 'n' Ride	No
Lifts	0
Escalators	0
Add Value Machines	No
Public telephones	No
Public toilets	No

Claremont Station is a Transperth train station 9.3km from Perth Train Station, in Western Australia, on the Fremantle Line. It is the westernmost station in Zone 1 on the Fremantle Line and is located approximately halfway between Perth and Fremantle. The disused signalling cabin at the station has been preserved as a museum and is open for viewing on the first Saturday of the month.^[1]

Contents 1 Station location 2 Future 3 Platforms 4 Bus routes 5 References

[edit] Station location

Claremont station is located in the middle of Claremont. The railway's right-of-way lies between two arterial roads: Shenton Road and Gugeri Street. There are two access points to the station on each of these streets, those on the western end of the station meet at an overpass which connects to a ramp down to the platform whilst those on the eastern side require crossing the tracks at grade level.^[2] There are three schools nearby, Claremont Primary School, Christ Church Grammar School and Methodist Ladies' College. Scotch College is served by Swanbourne railway station, Perth.

[edit] Future

There are plans by the Public Transport Authority to upgrade the current station.^[3] Upgrades to the station would include improved pedestrian, bicycle, and bus access to the station along with enhanced lighting and security.^[3]

[edit] Platforms

All trains stop at Claremont station; these are all stations, A, B, K, L, and S-pattern trains. During off-peak hours, trains run every 15 minutes into Perth, whilst during peak hours trains to Perth operate every eight or nine minutes.^[4] Claremont is also the point at which A and B trains switch from local to express running, with A trains running local towards Fremantle and B trains running local towards Perth.^[4]

Platform	Line	Stopping Pattern	Destination	Notes
1	Fremantle	All, A, K, L	Perth
2	Fremantle	All, B, K, L	Fremantle

[edit] Bus routes

Route Number	Destination / Description
Gugeri Street
23	to Esplanade Busport
24	to East Perth via Dalkieth and Shenton Park
25	to East Perth via Nedlands, Shenton Park and Subiaco
27	to East Perth via Swanbourne and Mount Claremont
28	to East Perth via Mount Claremont and Floreat
102, 107	to Wellington Street Bus Station via Stirling Highway and Espalnade Busport
102	to Cottesloe Train Station via Marine Parade
107	to Fremantle Train Station via Victoria Street
906	Train Replacement Service to Perth
906	Train Replacement Service to Fremantle

[edit] References

Preceding station		Transperth Trains network		Following station
Karrakatta Zone 1 towards Perth		Fremantle Line L		Swanbourne Zone 2 towards Fremantle
Showgrounds Zone 1 towards Perth		Fremantle Line S
Subiaco Zone 1 towards Perth		Fremantle Line A
Loch Street Zone 1 towards Perth		Fremantle Line All
		Fremantle Line B		Fremantle Zone 2 Terminus
		Fremantle Line K		Grant Street Zone 2 towards Fremantle