South Beach railway station

South Beach
Southbound view in February 2006
Location	Ocean Drive, South Fremantle Australia
Coordinates	32°04′38″S 115°45′10″E / 32.0773°S 115.7529°ECoordinates: 32°04′38″S 115°45′10″E / 32.0773°S 115.7529°E
Owned by	Public Transport Authority
Operated by	Transperth
Line(s)	Fremantle
Distance	22.0 kilometres from Perth
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	Ground
History
Opened	1986
Closed	1987
Services
Preceding station   Transperth Trains network   Following station Success Harbour towards Perth Fremantle Line Robbs Jetty towards Fremantle

South Beach railway station is a railway station on the Transperth network. It is located on the Fremantle line, 22 kilometres from Perth station in South Fremantle.

History

On 22 October 1898, the Fremantle line was extended south from Fremantle to Robbs Jetty.^[1]

For the staging of the 1987 America's Cup, the existing narrow and standard gauge tracks were combined as one dual gauge line with three temporary stations erected, one of which was South Beach. Between October 1986 and February 1987, the Hotham Valley Railway operated a daily service on this section of the line with a W class steam locomotive as the Spinnaker Run.^[2] This was supplemented by Transperth special services. Since then South Beach station has not been used.

References

1. Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian railway routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-909650-49-0.
2. A Desciptive History of Hotham Valley Tourist Railway Hotham Valley Railway

External links

• Media related to South Beach railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Cockburn - Fremantle track layout SA Track & Signal
• Gallery History of Western Australian Railways & Stations