Spearwood–Armadale railway line
Spearwood-Armadale railway line | |
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Overview | |
Owner | Western Australian Government Railways |
Termini | Spearwood Armadale |
Continues from | Fremantle line |
Continues as | South Western Railway |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
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The Spearwood–Armadale railway line (also known as the Jandakot or Bibra Lake lines) was a Western Australian Government Railways line connecting Spearwood to Armadale south of Perth.
History[]
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In January 1904, the Jandakot Railway Act 1904 was assented for a 6-mile-40-chain (10.5 km) line from a junction with the Fremantle line at Woodman's Point to Jandakot,[1] with the line opening on 1 April 1906. In December 1906, the Jandakot-Armadale Railway Act 1906 was assented for an 11-mile (18 km) extension from Jandakot to Armadale to join the South Western Railway,[2] with the line opening on 15 July 1907.[3]
It was constructed in response to the need to transport agricultural goods in the Armadale and Forrestdale areas to the port of Fremantle.[4] With the construction of a new Kwinana line from Jarrahdale to Kwinana, the Jandakot to Armadale section closed on 23 January 1964, followed by Bibra Lake to Jandakot on 6 June 1966.[5][6] The Spearwood to Bibra Lake section was retained to serve CBH Group and Elders Limited sidings until it closed in 1991.[3] In the 1980s, the railway corridor between Armadale and Forrestdale was redeveloped as a major arterial road, Armadale Road, joining onto Forrest Road which west of Forrestdale ran parallel to the railway.
References[]
- ^ Jandakot Railway Act 1904 Parliament of Western Australia
- ^ Jandakot-Armadale Railway Act 1906 Parliament of Western Australia
- ^ a b Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 – 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-909650-49-0.
- ^ Railways (Standard Gauge) Construction Act 1961 Parliament of Western Australia
- ^ Bibra Lake-Armadale Railway Discontinuance and Land Revinvestment Act 1964 Parliament of Western Australia
- ^ Fremantle to Armadale train line remembered One Perth 31 August 2013
- Closed railway lines in Western Australia
- Railway lines opened in 1907
- Railway lines closed in 1991