Welshpool railway station, Perth
Welshpool | |||||||||||||||
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The station in 2021, 2 years before its closure | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Sevenoaks Street, Welshpool/Bentley Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°59′43″S 115°55′24″E / 31.995416°S 115.923309°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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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.
The station closed permanently on 20 November 2023, as part of the Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal Project. The reasons for this included: building a much-needed rail overpass for Welshpool Road required demolition of the existing station; low patronage of Welshpool Station, and; the proximity of Leach Highway made construction of a new station unviable.