Joondalup railway line, Perth

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Joondalup Railway Line
Legend Continues to Mandurah line Esplanade 0.0km Perth Underground William Street Tunnel Roe Street Tunnel Graham Farmer Freeway (Hamilton Interchange) Loftus St/Thomas St 3.2km Leederville Lake Monger Drive/Vincent Street Neutral Section Hillman Substation Powis Street 5.4km Glendalough Scarborough Beach Road Hutton Street 9.0km Stirling Cedric Street Karrinyup Road Erindale Road Reid Highway Beach Road 14.5km Warwick Warwick Road 17.8km Greenwood Hepburn Avenue 19km Whitfords 19.5km Whitfords Avenue Whitfords Siding Ocean Reef Road Neutral Section Edgewater Substation 23.0km Edgewater Mitchell Freeway (southbound) Joondalup Drive/Hodges Drive 26.0km Joondalup Station Square Joondalup Drive Shenton Avenue Future Mitchell Freeway (southbound) (Under Construction) 29.2km Currambine Burns Beach Road 32.0km Clarkson Neutral Section Hester Avenue Nowergup Depot
Transperth Railway Lines
Armadale / Thornlie
Fremantle
Joondalup
Mandurah
Midland
List of Transperth stations

The Joondalup Line, (incorrectly known as Currambine Line or Clarkson Line), is a suburban railway line in Perth, Australia. It runs through Perth’s northern suburbs, mostly traversing the median strip of the Mitchell Freeway, and connects between Perth and Clarkson.

Contents 1 History 2 Extensions 3 Train stations 4 Stopping Patterns 5 See also 6 References

[edit] History

For more details on this topic, see Northern Suburbs Transit System.

The line, initially opened as the Joondalup Line, was completed on 20 December 1992 as a major capital works project started by the Dowding Labor government.^[1] A realignment of the entire bus system was undertaken whereby the new train stations became bus interchanges. The extension to Currambine was completed in March 1993.^[1] 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 Whitfords and Perth.

On 5 October 2004, the Clarkson extension, part of the Gallop government’s New MetroRail project, was opened to the public, connecting the far northern suburbs to the city for the first time. ^[2] Previously, catching a bus to Joondalup which took approximately 30-40 minutes was the only option. The Nowergup railway depot was also built.

On 29 January, 2005, Greenwood was opened to alleviate pressure at the adjacent Whitfords and Warwick stations.^[2]

On 8 August 2005, the line, which previously ran through onto the Armadale line, was separated to the far western end of the Perth station, 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 saw the Joondalup and Mandurah lines form a north-south corridor, providing a through service from Clarkson to Mandurah.

[edit] Extensions

For more details on this topic, see Northern_Suburbs_Transit_System#Clarkson_to_Jindalee_extension.

There are plans currently being prepared to extend the Joondalup Line northwards to Butler and Jindalee.^[3], and there are early plans of extending the line with another 3 stations northwards once the new suburb of Alkimos is built. ^[4]

[edit] Train stations

Most of the trains operating on this line are Transperth B-series trains purchased for the Clarkson-Mandurah run, although some shuttle services (W pattern) between Whitfords and Cockburn Central are made up of Transperth A-series EMUs.

• Red denotes Perth CBD stations.
• Green denotes Joondalup line stations.
• Black denotes termini.

Name of Station	Code	Zone	Serving Suburbs	Pattern stops at this station			Transfers
Joondalup Line
Esplanade	REE	1, FTZ	Perth	All	C	W	Bus transfers at Esplanade Busport Through to Mandurah Line
Perth Underground	MPH	1, FTZ	Perth, Northbridge	All	C	W	Platform transfer to Armadale / Thornlie Line, Fremantle Line, Midland Line Transwa Australind service to Bunbury Bus transfers at Wellington Street Bus Station
Leederville	JLE	1	Leederville, West Leederville	All		W
Glendalough	JGH	1	Glendalough, Osborne Park	All		W	Bus transfers
Stirling	JSG	2	Innaloo, Osborne Park, Stirling	All	C	W	Bus transfers, CircleRoute
Warwick	JWK	2	Carine, Duncraig, Hamersley, Warwick	All	C	W	Bus transfers
Greenwood	JGD	2	Duncraig, Greenwood, Kingsley, Padbury	All	C
Whitfords	JWS	3	Craigie, Kingsley, Padbury, Woodvale	All	C	W	Bus transfers
Edgewater	JER	3	Beldon, Edgewater, Heathridge	All	C
Joondalup	JJP	3	Joondalup	All	C		Bus transfers
Currambine	JCE	4	Currambine, Joondalup, Kinross	All	C
Clarkson	JCN	4	Clarkson	All	C		Bus transfers

[edit] Stopping Patterns

• All - all stops to Clarkson.
• C - express to Stirling, then all stops to Clarkson.
• W - all stops except Greenwood to Whitfords.

Whitfords shuttle waiting to depart at platform 5 (now departs from Platform 1)

Railway Line in Greenwood & Duncraig looking northbound.

A B Series EMU enroute to Perth during the morning peak

[edit] See also

• Transperth
• Transperth Trains
• List of Perth railway stations

[edit] References