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The Public Transport Centre (formerly known as the Westrail Centre) is a terminal and administration building for public transport in Perth, Western Australia.It is the centerpiece of East Perth Terminal (formerly known as Perth Terminal), a standard gauge railway station and coach terminal adjacent to East Perth station on the Transperth narrow gauge suburban rail network.
The site occupied by East Perth station, East Perth Terminal and the Public Transport Centre was formerly the East Perth Locomotive Depot. [2] The station took the name of the previous East Perth station, which was renamed Claisebrook. [3] The former East Perth railway station was removed on the change of the railway system in the late 1960s.
In 1969, a new railway terminal was built 600 m away on the Midland line called East Perth, and caused this station to be renamed Claisebrook after a watercourse that is near the station. [2] [3] Between 2002 and 2003 the station was mostly rebuilt with new station structures, signage, platform finishes and a footbridge.
The first railway to open in the Perth area was the Eastern Railway, which opened in 1881 between Fremantle to Guildford via Perth, forming the modern-day Fremantle and Midland lines. This was later extended past Midland and suburban services were extended to Midland in 1904 and 1905. The South Western Railway was opened between Perth and ...
The 4352 kilometres (2704 mi) east–west rail corridor, which includes the 1691 kilometres (1051 mi) historically significant Trans-Australian Railway in the middle (click to enlarge) Leaving Kewdale Freight Terminal, Western Australia, is a typical freight train of the East–west rail corridor, with three locomotives totalling 9340 hp (10,490 kW) power output, a crew car, and a train of up ...
The terminal itself was officially opened the following day by Premier David Brand. [15] [16]: 100 The expansion scheme began in 1965 as the Up-River Extensions Scheme, and included new berths at the container terminal. [15] The ship would then proceed to Sydney to unload and uplift more containers before proceeding to Melbourne.
Largest coal export terminal in the world. In April 2014 Premier Mike Baird and Treasurer Andrew Constance announced that a “a consortium which comprises Hastings Funds Management and Chinese State-owned China Merchants” had successfully bid $1.75 billion for a 98-year lease of the Port of Newcastle. [5] North Harbour
This is a route-map template for the East Perth railway station, a station in Western Australia, Australia.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.