Joondalup railway line

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Joondalup railway line
Mitchell Freeway 100 N Stirling Civic with train.jpg
A B-series train on the Mitchell Freeway median strip in October 2006
Overview
OwnerPublic Transport Authority
TerminiElizabeth Quay
Butler
Continues asMandurah railway line
Stations13
Service
TypeSuburban rail/Rapid transit
SystemTransperth
Operator(s)Transperth Trains
Ridership16.5 million (year to June 2019)
History
Opened20 December 1992
Technical
Line length40.7 km (25.3 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz AC from catenary
Route map

Legend
 Yanchep
Eglinton
Alkimos
↑ planned extension
 Butler Bus transfer
Clarkson Bus transfer
Currambine
Joondalup Bus transfer
Edgewater
Whitfords Bus transfer
Greenwood
Warwick Bus transfer
Stirling Bus transfer CircleRoute
Glendalough Bus transfer
Leederville
Perth Bus transfer Transwa Trains Free Transit Zone
Elizabeth Quay Bus transfer Free Transit Zone
continues to Mandurah line
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The Joondalup railway line is a commuter rail line in Western Australia, linking the Perth central business district (CBD) with the city's northern suburbs. Service on the line is operated by Transperth Train Operations, a division of the Public Transport Authority, and is part of the Transperth network. The line is 40.7 kilometres (25.3 mi) long and serves 13 stations. At its southern end, the line begins as a continuation of the Mandurah Line at Elizabeth Quay railway station. The first 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) of the line is underground, passing under the Perth central business district. The line surfaces and enters the median of the Mitchell Freeway. It continues north along the freeway until Butler, only exiting the median to pass through the centre of Joondalup, the major suburban centre along the line. At Butler, the line veers off to the west, terminating at Butler railway station.

Construction on the line began on 14 November 1989. It opened between Perth station and Joondalup station on 20 December 1992, albeit with only Perth, Leederville, Edgewater and Joondalup stations operational. The remaining stations began operating on 21 March 1993. The Joondalup Line initially continued as the Armadale Line. The line has been extended several times since: an extension to Currambine opened on 8 August 1993; an extension to Clarkson opened on 4 October 2004; and an extension to Butler station opened on 21 September 2014. The line has also been realigned through the Perth CBD, as part of the construction of the Mandurah Line: on 15 October 2007, the southern end of the line began operating through tunnels under the CBD, terminating at Esplanade railway station; and on 24 December 2007, the line began to continue south as the Mandurah Line. Since 2021, construction has been underway on an extension of the line north from Butler to Yanchep. This is planned to be the final extension of the line.

Trains take 38 minutes to get from Perth Underground station to Butler station. The line is the second busiest on the Transperth network, with 11,885,779 boardings in the 2020-21 financial year, and 16,531,788 boardings in the 2018-19 financial year. Headways are at least every 15 minutes during the day, rising to every 5 minutes on parts during peak time.[1]

Route[]

At its southern end, the line begins as a continuation of the Mandurah Line at Elizabeth Quay railway station. The first 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) of the line is underground, passing under the Perth central business district. The line surfaces and enters the median of the Mitchell Freeway. It continues north along the freeway until Butler, only exiting the median to pass through the centre of Joondalup, the major suburban centre along the line. At Butler, the line veers off to the west, terminating at Butler railway station.[2]

History[]

Part of Joondalup railway station in 2014
Further information: Northern Suburbs Transit System

On 14 November 1989, construction commenced on the line with Premier Peter Dowding driving the first spike. The line to Joondalup was opened by Premier Carmen Lawrence on 20 December 1992.[3][4][5] Initially only Leederville, Edgewater and Joondalup stations were opened with the remaining stations opened as completed for a full service to commence on 21 March 1993.[6][7] A realignment of the entire Transperth bus system was undertaken whereby the new railway stations became bus interchanges. On 8 August 1993, the line was extended to Currambine.[8][9]

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 Perth and Whitfords on weekdays. Services were reverted to Fremantle line frequencies between 09:00 and 14:00 on 28 June 2009 due to low passenger numbers on those services.[10]

On 4 October 2004, the line was extended to Clarkson as part of the New MetroRail project. Nowergup depot opened at the same time.[11][12] On 29 January 2005, Greenwood was opened to alleviate pressure at the adjacent Warwick and Whitfords stations.[3][13]

On 8 August 2005, the service, which previously continued south from Perth station onto the Armadale line, was curtailed at Perth and no longer provided a through service. On 15 October 2007, Joondalup line trains began running to Perth Underground and Elizabeth Quay stations via new tunnels under central Perth.[14]

On 23 December 2007, the opening of the Mandurah line resulted in Joondalup services operating through to Mandurah. On 21 September 2014, the line was extended to Butler.[15]

Future[]

Yanchep extension[]

Construction has commenced to extend the line by 14.5 km (9.0 mi) to service growing suburbs including Alkimos, Eglinton and Yanchep. In the 2017 Western Australian state budget, $441 million was allocated to build the extension, with preparation works starting in January 2020 and bulk earthworks to start by April 2020.[16] When the extension opens, a journey time of 49 minutes is envisioned from Yanchep to the CBD, with up to 13,500 people expected to use the line every day.[17]

At the 2021–22 State Budget, it was announced that the Yanchep rail extension had been deferred by 12 months, as a result of Western Australia's skills shortage. This was alongside the deferment of 15 other state government infrastructure projects. The revised opening date is late 2023.[18][19][20]

Additional stations[]

There are provisions for a special events station to be built to service Arena Joondalup. However there are currently no plans for that to go ahead.[21][22]

Patronage[]

Below is the annual patronage of Joondalup railway line from July 2010 to June 2020. Figures are provided as total boardings, which includes all fare-paying boardings and free travel on stations within the free transit zones as well as transfers between stations. The figures for rail replacement and special events services are not included in the total.[23]

Joondalup railway line annual patronage
Year Patronage ±%
2010–11 15,611,836 —
2011–12 16,700,234 +6.97%
2012–13 17,449,891 +4.49%
2013–14 16,897,361 −3.17%
2014–15 17,105,797 +1.23%
2015–16 16,917,029 −1.10%
2016–17 16,658,559 −1.53%
2017–18 16,477,387 −1.09%
2018–19 16,531,788 +0.33%
2019–20 13,374,710 −19.10%
2020–21 11,885,779 −11.13%

Stations[]

Services are operated by B-series trains, with services previously being operated by A-series trains.

Key
Icon Purpose
Under construction Under construction
Station Distance from Perth[24] Fare zone Suburbs served Opened Connections
km mi
Elizabeth Quay -0.6 -0.4 1/FTZ Perth 15 October 2007 Bus transfers at Elizabeth Quay Bus Station
Services continue on the Mandurah Line
Perth Underground 0.0 0.0 1/FTZ Perth 15 October 2007 Bus transfers at Perth Busport
Train transfers to Australind, Armadale/Thornlie, Fremantle and Midland Lines
Leederville 2.4 1.5 1 Leederville, West Leederville 20 December 1992
Glendalough 5.6 3.5 1 Glendalough, Osborne Park, Mount Hawthorn 21 March 1993 Bus transfers
Stirling 8.8 5.5 2 Innaloo, Osborne Park, Stirling 21 March 1993 Bus transfers
Warwick 14.5 9.0 2 Carine, Duncraig, Hamersley, Warwick 21 March 1993 Bus transfers
Greenwood 17.7 11.0 2 Duncraig, Greenwood, Kingsley, Padbury 29 January 2005
Whitfords 19.8 12.3 3 Craigie, Kingsley, Padbury, Woodvale 21 March 1993 Bus transfers
Edgewater 22.9 14.2 3 Edgewater, Heathridge 20 December 1992
Joondalup 26.2 16.3 3 Joondalup 20 December 1992 Bus transfers
Currambine 29.2 18.1 4 Currambine, Joondalup 8 August 1993
Clarkson 33.2 20.6 4 Clarkson 4 October 2004 Bus transfers
Butler 40.7 25.3 5 Butler 21 September 2014 Bus transfers
AlkimosUnder construction 5 Alkimos 2023 Bus transfers
EglintonUnder construction 5 Eglinton 2023 Bus transfers
YanchepUnder construction 6 Yanchep 2023 Bus transfers

Stopping patterns and frequency[]

The Joondalup railway line has three stopping patterns in addition to all stops services. All stops services run every 15 minutes during the day Monday to Sunday, every 10 minutes during the weekday peak, and every half an hour or every hour at night. In addition, there is the W stopping pattern, which stops at all stations between Elizabeth Quay and Whitfords, terminating there. This runs every 10 minutes during the weekday peak, so stations between Perth and Whitfords have a service every 5 minutes in each direction during peak. There is also the K stopping pattern, which stops at all stations between Perth and Clarkson, terminating there. This runs every 10 minutes towards Perth before peak instead of W pattern services, and every 10 minutes towards Clarkson after peak instead of W pattern services. The other stopping pattern is the P stopping pattern, which runs from Whitfords to Perth, instead of Perth Underground. There is one P stopping pattern service per weekday, departing Whitfords at the end of the morning peak.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Joondalup Line Train Timetable" (PDF). Transperth. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. ^ [maps.google.com "Google Maps"] Check |url= value (help). Google. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b Our History Public Transport Authority
  4. ^ Trial of first northern suburbs electric train a success Minister for Transport 20 November 1992
  5. ^ Northern suburbs an instant hit Minister for Transport 21 December 1992
  6. ^ Bus/train interchanges on northern subs railway to open February Minister for Transport 28 January 1993
  7. ^ Inspection of Joondalup train-bus interchange Minister for Transport 21 March 1993
  8. ^ Opening of Currambine station next month Minister for Transport 17 July 1993
  9. ^ Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 66. ISBN 0 909650 49 7.
  10. ^ "Off-peak train service reduction 'minor'". Public Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  11. ^ Railway (Northern & Southern Urban Extensions) Act 1999 Western Australian Government Gazette 5 October 2004 page 4319
  12. ^ Annual Report year ended 30 June 2005 Public Transport Corporation
  13. ^ Services commence from Greenwood Railway Station Premier of Western Australia 29 January 2005
  14. ^ Perth CBD's first underground train station in operation ABC News 15 October 2007
  15. ^ "Media Statements". Public Transport Authority. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  16. ^ Pond, Laura. "$441m commitment to make Yanchep rail line a reality". Perth Now. Community Newspaper Group. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  17. ^ "Yanchep Rail Extension". MetroNET. MetroNET Taskforce. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  18. ^ de Kruijff, Peter. "State projects delayed to ease pressure on 'hot' WA construction market". WAtoday. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  19. ^ Clarke, Jenna. "Metronet projects, including Thornlie-Cockburn link and Yanchep train line, will be delayed by 12-months". The West Australian. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  20. ^ "Projects adjusted to deliver a strong economy for the long term". Media Statements. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  21. ^ "WA Australian Sports Centre Trust to take over ownership of the Arena Joondalup". Media Statements. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  22. ^ "Structure Plan for Arena Joondalup Precinct" (PDF). City of Joondalup. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  23. ^ "Transperth patronage". Public Transport Authority. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  24. ^ "Manual – Rail Access" (PDF). Public Transport Authority. 30 August 2021. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

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