Warwick railway station, Perth
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Warwick
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Northbound view from Platform 1 in January 2006
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| Location |
Mitchell Freeway, Warwick Australia |
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| Coordinates | 31°50′40″S 115°47′47″E / 31.844571°S 115.796521°ECoordinates: 31°50′40″S 115°47′47″E / 31.844571°S 115.796521°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Public Transport Authority | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Transperth | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |
[[Butler railway line|Joondalup]] |
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| Distance | 13.0 kilometres from Perth | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bus routes | 17 | ||||||||||
| Bus stands | 8 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | JWK 99831 (platform 1) 99832 (platform 2) |
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| Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 28 February 1993 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
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Warwick railway station is a railway station on the Transperth network. It is located on the Joondalup line, 13 kilometres from Perth station serving the suburb of Warwick.
Prior to the commissioning of the site as a railway station, the location was originally a bus interchange known as the Warwick Bus Station. Opened in 1987, it was similar in design and appearance to facilities constructed at Mirrabooka and Rockingham for the same purpose. It provided services connecting the Perth central business district to bus routes servicing the then rapidly expanding northern suburbs. The site also contains a privately operated day care centre which remains in operation to this day.
The original bus station was connected to the adjoining Mitchell Freeway by a two-lane on/off ramp in both the north and south directions, constructed in the middle of the Mitchell Freeway reserve. It was constructed to service freeway express buses from Perth, services which were subsequently phased out with the opening of the railway station. The on/off ramp was connected to the bus station via a bridge spanning the southbound lanes of the Freeway. The bus station was positioned on land north of the connecting bridge between the Freeway East Embankment (controlled by the Main Roads Department), Hawker Avenue, land occupied by the Warwick chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and adjoining residential housing.
At the time of the station's design, it was recognised by The Urban Rail Electrification Committee that the placement of bus services in close proximity or direct connection to rail infrastructure was of significant importance. This was evidenced by the Kelmscott and Armadale stations, and the then recently completed Cannington station.
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