:High Wycombe railway station, Perth

{{Short description|Railway station in Perth, Western Australia}}

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High Wycombe railway station is a Transperth commuter rail station in Perth, Western Australia. The station is the eastern terminus of the Airport line and was one of three stations built as part of the Forrestfield–Airport Link project.

The station was originally known as Forrestfield station during planning and construction. The contract for the Forrestfield–Airport Link, which consists of {{convert|8|km|0}} of twin bored tunnels and three new stations, was awarded to Salini Impregilo and NRW Pty Ltd in April 2016. High Wycombe station itself was constructed above ground, with the line entering a tunnel just north of the station. Construction began in November 2016, with works initially focussing on building the tunnel dive structure. Tunnelling began in July 2017, and construction of the station itself had begun by November 2017. For much of the construction period, the site contained infrastructure to support the tunnelling operation.

Originally planned to open in 2020, the line officially opened on 9 October 2022. It is served by trains every twelve minutes during peak and every fifteen minutes outside peak and on weekends and public holidays. At night, trains are half-hourly or hourly. The journey to Perth station takes 22 minutes.

Description

File:High Wycombe Station platform, Western Australia, May 2023 12.jpg on platform 1|alt=Tiled island platform with train on the right]]

File:High Wycombe Station concourse, Western Australia, May 2023 11.jpg

High Wycombe station is located east of the Forrestfield freight marshalling yard in High Wycombe. It is part of the Transperth system and is the easternmost station of the Airport line, which branches off the Midland line and travels through {{convert|8|km}} of bored tunnels before surfacing at High Wycombe, which is at surface level.{{cite web |title=High Wycombe Station Fact Sheet |url=https://metronet.wa.gov.au/Portals/31/Project%20Documents/Forrestfield-Airport%20Link/High%20Wycombe%20Station%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf |website=Metronet |access-date=12 May 2023 |date=September 2022 |archive-date=31 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031151359/https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/Portals/31/Project%20Documents/Forrestfield-Airport%20Link/High%20Wycombe%20Station%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf |url-status=live }} The adjacent station is Airport Central station.{{cite web |title=Train System Map |url=https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/Portals/0/Asset/Documents/Using%20Transperth/Transperth%20System%20Map.pdf |website=Transperth |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-date=16 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816063012/https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/Portals/0/Asset/Documents/Using%20Transperth/Transperth%20System%20Map.pdf |url-status=live }}

The station consists of a single island platform with two platform edges. The platform is {{convert|12.5|m|adj=on}} wide and {{convert|150|m|adj=on}} long, long enough for a six-car train, the longest trains on the network. The entrance is east of the platforms and located on a raised ground level which is held back by a {{convert|300|m|adj=on}} long retaining wall. The platform is linked to the entrance-level concourse by stairs, lifts and escalators. On the concourse are fare gates. The station's roof was designed to be easily visible from the surrounding precinct and lead passengers to the entrance. Its colour was chosen to mimic the red earthy colours of the nearby Darling Scarp, and its shape was designed to mimic an aircraft wing.{{cite web |title=High Wycombe Community Group – Meeting 22 |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/Portals/14/Minutes%20-%20High%20Wycombe%20Community%20Group%20-%20Meeting%2022.pdf |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=19 May 2023 |date=7 July 2020 |page=2}} Outside the station building is a bus interchange with eight bus stands. A three-level multi-storey car park with room for 1,200 cars is {{convert|300|m}} north of the station. Other facilities include toilets and two bicycle shelters for 184 bicycles. The land directly east of the station is designated for a transit-oriented development.{{cite web |title=High Wycombe Station Map |url=https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablePDFs/BusStationMaps/High%20Wycombe%20Station.pdf |website=Transperth |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-date=12 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012023705/https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablePDFs/BusStationMaps/High%20Wycombe%20Station.pdf |url-status=live }}

=Public art=

Next to the car park is the cutterhead for one of the tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that was used to bore the tunnels for the Airport line. This is accompanied by a sign explaining the tunnelling process.{{cite web |title=Cutterhead installation |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/our-system/public-art#cbp=mediaid3313 |website=Public Transport Authority |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-date=15 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915045205/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/our-system/public-art#cbp=mediaid3313 |url-status=live }} On the station's front façade and the retaining wall viewable from the platform are two artworks by Adam Cruickshank, Pavel Perina, and George Domahidy, titled Scarp. A {{convert|100|m|adj=on}} long and {{convert|5.5|m|adj=on}} high section of the retaining wall consists of earthy orange and red coloured tessellated triangles which reflect the colours of the Darling Scarp and the station's roof. On the front façade is a white 3D Jesmonite panel consisting of smaller tessellating triangles which also represent the Darling Scarp.{{cite web |title=Scarp |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/our-system/public-art#cbp=mediaid3310 |website=Public Transport Authority |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-date=15 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915045205/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/our-system/public-art#cbp=mediaid3310 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Forrestfield Railway Airport Rail Link, Forrestfield Train Station WA |url=https://www.cruickshankdesignstudio.com/work/forrestfield-railway-airport-rail-link-forrestfield-train-station-wa |website=Cruickshank Design Studio |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-date=17 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617192747/https://www.cruickshankdesignstudio.com/work/forrestfield-railway-airport-rail-link-forrestfield-train-station-wa |url-status=live }} In the station's forecourt is the Noongar Recognition Project by Noongar artist Maitland Hill in collaboration with the Forrestfield–Airport Link's Aboriginal Stakeholder Group. This consists of three laser-etched steel images accompanied by signs telling local Noongar stories.{{cite web |title=Noongar Recognition Project |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/our-system/public-art#cbp=mediaid3312 |website=Public Transport Authority |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-date=15 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915045205/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/our-system/public-art#cbp=mediaid3312 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Aboriginal engagement |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/about/aboriginal-engagement |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325035236/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/about/aboriginal-engagement |url-status=live }}

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History

=Planning and construction=

During planning and initial construction, the station was called Forrestfield station after the nearby suburb of Forrestfield. It was built by the Public Transport Authority (PTA) as part of the Forrestfield–Airport Link project, which involved the construction of {{convert|8|km|0}} of twin bored tunnels between High Wycombe and Bayswater and two other stations: Airport Central and Redcliffe stations.{{cite web |title=Forrestfield–Airport Link Project Definition Plan – Summary |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/Portals/14/35127b%20PTA%20Forrestfield%20Airport%20Link_Summary_WEB.pdf |website=Public Transport Authority |page=17 |date=August 2014 |access-date=7 May 2023 |archive-date=18 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250318082451/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/Portals/14/35127b%20PTA%20Forrestfield%20Airport%20Link_Summary_WEB.pdf |url-status=live }} Forward works such as vegetation clearing and service relocations began in November 2015 and continued into 2016.{{cite web |title=Forward works will start in Forrestfield Station Community Zone – alongside a section of Dundas Road – from mid-late November 2015. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/forward-works-in-forrestfield-station-community-zone |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=18 November 2015 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507153732/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/forward-works-in-forrestfield-station-community-zone |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Service relocation forward works start in Forrestfield-Station Community Zone on Monday 8 February for approximately six months. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/forrestfield-station-community-zone-forward-works-service-relocations |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=8 February 2016 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507153730/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/forrestfield-station-community-zone-forward-works-service-relocations |url-status=live }} The main contract, worth A$1.176 billion, was awarded to a joint venture of Salini Impregilo and NRW Pty Ltd (SI/NRW) in April 2016. At the time, the station was expected to be open by 2020.{{cite web |title=Airport rail line negotiations completed |url=https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Barnett/2016/04/Airport-rail-line-negotiations-completed.aspx |website=Media Statements |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=28 April 2016 |archive-date=16 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716115601/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Barnett/2016/04/Airport-rail-line-negotiations-completed.aspx |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Peter |title=Rail link worth $235m for NRW |url=https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/rail-link-worth-235m-for-nrw-ng-ya-105283 |website=The West Australian |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=29 April 2016 |archive-date=5 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305073232/https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/rail-link-worth-235m-for-nrw-ng-ya-105283 |url-status=live }} Weston Williamson and GHD Woodhead were appointed by SI/NRW as the designers of the three stations.{{cite web |last1=Hunn |first1=Patrick |title=Weston Williamson, GHD Woodhead to design Perth airport link rail stations |url=https://architectureau.com/articles/weston-williamson-ghd-woodhead-to-design-perth-airport-link-rail-stations/ |website=Architecture Australia |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=10 October 2017 |archive-date=30 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130170445/https://architectureau.com/articles/weston-williamson-ghd-woodhead-to-design-perth-airport-link-rail-stations/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Perth Forrestfield Airport Link |url=https://www.westonwilliamson.com/projects/perth-forrestfield-airport-link |website=WestonWilliamson+Partners |access-date=7 May 2023 |archive-date=12 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212085304/https://www.westonwilliamson.com/projects/perth-forrestfield-airport-link |url-status=live }}

In August 2016, SI-NRW began site investigations,{{cite web |title=This month PTA and SI-NRW have been busy progressing designs for the upcoming construction works |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/july-2016-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=5 August 2016 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152221/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/july-2016-update |url-status=live }} and a development application for early works and dive structure works was submitted to the Western Australian Planning Commission. The early works and station works were put into separate development applications so that early works could start as soon as possible. By September 2016, forward works were complete{{cite web |title=There has been a hive of activity across the entire project footprint this month with site investigations conducted, final designs being progressed and PTA's forward works continuing as planned. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/august-2016-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=5 September 2016 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507153723/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/august-2016-update |url-status=live }} and site establishment had begun.{{cite web |title=Works are now underway to establish the construction site at Forrestfield. This is the first step in preparing for the arrival of the tunnel boring machines (TBMs) mid next year. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/september-2016-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=7 October 2016 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507153720/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/september-2016-update |url-status=live }} The development application was approved in October, allowing early works to commence.{{cite web |title=The development application for Early Works at Forrestfield was approved this month and as a result preparation for the construction of key infrastructure has now started. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/october-2016-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=31 October 2016 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507153727/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/october-2016-update |url-status=live }}

File:High Wycombe dive structure, Western Australia, May 2023 04.jpg

On 3 November 2016, a sod turning ceremony took place with Premier Colin Barnett, State Transport Minister Bill Marmion, Federal Minister for Urban Infrastructure Paul Fletcher and Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester, which marked the start of construction for the Forrestfield–Airport Link.{{cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=Andrew |title=West Australian Premier Colin Barnett denies Airport Link a bid to win votes in marginal seats |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-03/wa-premier-dismisses-election-implications-of-airport-link/7994204 |website=ABC News |access-date=13 May 2023 |date=3 November 2016 |archive-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115050350/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-03/wa-premier-dismisses-election-implications-of-airport-link/7994204 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Bianchini |first1=Justin |title=Work starts on $1.96 billion Forrestfield-Airport rail link |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/midland-kalamunda-reporter/work-starts-on-196-billion-forrestfield-airport-rail-link-c-944279 |website=PerthNow |agency=Melville Gazette |access-date=13 May 2023 |date=3 November 2016}}{{cite web |title=Construction starts on Forrestfield-Airport Link |url=https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Barnett/2016/11/Construction-starts-on-Forrestfield-Airport-Link.aspx |website=Media Statements |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=3 November 2016 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404162829/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Barnett/2016/11/Construction-starts-on-Forrestfield-Airport-Link.aspx |url-status=live }} The first priority was the construction of the dive structure so that tunnelling could commence.{{cite web |title=Forrestfield Community Group – Meeting 1 |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/Portals/14/Minutes%20final%20-%20Forrestfield%20Community%20Group%20-%20Meeting%201%20-%20Aug.pdf |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=19 May 2023 |pages=2–3 |date=2 August 2016}} By the end of 2016, construction had started on the diaphragm walls of the dive structure, and the development application for the actual station was submitted.{{cite web |title=This year has seen the project shift into construction phase, with SI-NRW awarded the major design and construct contract in April and starting construction works in November. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/2016-end-of-year-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=16 December 2016 |archive-date=1 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901091758/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/2016-end-of-year-update |url-status=live }} Artist impressions of the station were released in January 2017.{{cite web |last1=Caporn |first1=Dylan |title=What Forrestfield train station will look like |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/what-forrestfield-train-station-will-look-like-ng-1a684489901d9bdb06c97066164ecef5 |website=PerthNow |access-date=13 May 2023 |date=5 January 2017 |archive-date=28 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928093156/https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/what-forrestfield-train-station-will-look-like-ng-1a684489901d9bdb06c97066164ecef5 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=With the arrival of the tunnel boring machines and all four major construction sites becoming operational in 2017, this year will be our busiest yet. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/january-2017-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=18 January 2017 |archive-date=16 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716170651/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/january-2017-update |url-status=live }} By April 2017, the diaphragm walls were complete which allowed for excavation of the {{convert|260|m|adj=on}} long and up to {{convert|22|m|adj=on}} wide dive structure to begin. As the Forrestfield site was where the TBMs were to start boring from, the site establishment works involved the construction of infrastructure to support tunnelling operations, including a bentonite plant, water treatment plant, and slurry plant.{{cite web |title=Works are underway to ensure key support infrastructure is in place and ready for the first TBM to begin tunnelling in July this year. However, before the TBMs can start digging the 8kms of tunnels, they each need a name. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/april-2017-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=10 April 2017 |archive-date=16 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716170704/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/april-2017-update |url-status=live }}

In May 2017, the 45 components of the first TBM arrived on site. It had been constructed in China and was assembled on site in High Wycombe.{{cite web |title=Work on $1.86b Forrestfield-Airport rail link tunnel to start in July |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/midland-kalamunda-reporter/work-on-186b-forrestfield-airport-rail-link-tunnel-to-start-in-july-c-811472 |website=PerthNow |agency=Midland Kalamunda Reporter |access-date=13 May 2023 |date=19 May 2017}}{{cite web |title=On Saturday 13 May Transport Minister Rita Saffioti announced the arrival of our first tunnel boring machine. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/tunnel-boring-machine-arrives-in-perth |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=15 May 2017 |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325160939/https://forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/tunnel-boring-machine-arrives-in-perth |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Things are heating up on the project this month as we draw closer to the start of tunnelling. The first of our tunnel boring machines has arrived and is being assembled onsite at Forrestfield. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/june-2017-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=6 June 2017 |archive-date=1 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901091809/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/june-2017-update |url-status=live }} The components of the second TBM arrived by July 2017, and it too was assembled on site. By July 2017, the dive structure was ready for tunnelling to commence. The first TBM, named Grace, was lifted into the dive structure that month and began tunnelling.{{cite web |last1=Bianchini |first1=Justin |title=Little Grace helps launch big drill as construction begins on airport link tunnel |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/midland-kalamunda-reporter/little-grace-helps-launch-big-drill-as-construction-begins-on-airport-link-tunnel-c-820235 |website=PerthNow |agency=Midland Kalamunda Reporter |access-date=13 May 2023 |date=31 July 2017 |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923044602/https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/midland-kalamunda-reporter/little-grace-helps-launch-big-drill-as-construction-begins-on-airport-link-tunnel-c-820235 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=With the first tunnel boring machine launching soon, the project has kicked into full swing. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/july-2017-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=7 July 2017 |archive-date=18 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718184407/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/july-2017-update |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=On Sunday 30 July Premier Mark McGowan launched TBM Grace to mark the start of tunnelling. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/tunnelling-begins-on-forrestfield-airport-link |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=31 July 2017 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507153734/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/tunnelling-begins-on-forrestfield-airport-link |url-status=live }} The second TBM, named Sandy, was lifted into the dive structure in September 2017{{cite web |title=With TBM Grace now tunnelling and Sandy soon to launch, production of tunnel segments has ramped up over the past month. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/september-2017 |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=7 September 2017 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152216/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/september-2017 |url-status=live }} and began tunnelling in October 2017.{{cite web |last1=Bianchini |first1=Justin |title=Second tunnel-boring machine begins work on Forrestfield-Airport Link |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/hills-avon-valley-gazette/second-tunnel-boring-machine-begins-work-on-forrestfield-airport-link-c-829417 |website=PerthNow |agency=Hills Avon Valley Gazette |access-date=13 May 2023 |date=24 October 2017}}{{cite web |title=A second TBM has officially begun tunnelling at Forrestfield, as part of the $1.86 billion METRONET Forrestfield-Airport Link project. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/tbm-sandy-starts-tunnelling-at-forrestfield |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=26 October 2017 |archive-date=12 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312103316/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/tbm-sandy-starts-tunnelling-at-forrestfield |url-status=live }}

Construction on the station itself had begun by November 2017. That month, the first of 92 pre-cast concrete retaining wall panels was craned into place.{{cite web |last1=Bianchini |first1=Justin |title=Forrestfield-Airport rail link: work progressing on Forrestfield station |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/midland-kalamunda-reporter/forrestfield-airport-rail-link-work-progressing-on-forrestfield-station-c-831097 |website=PerthNow |agency=Midland Kalamunda Reporter |access-date=13 May 2023 |date=13 November 2017 |archive-date=1 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701052021/https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/midland-kalamunda-reporter/forrestfield-airport-rail-link-work-progressing-on-forrestfield-station-c-831097 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=A lot can happen in a year, and that's certainly been the case since construction of the Forrestfield-Airport Link kicked off on November 3, 2016. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/november-2017-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=9 November 2017 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152226/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/november-2017-update |url-status=live }} The retaining wall, which involved backfilling to raise the ground level by up to {{convert|5|m}},{{cite web |title=TBM Grace resumed tunnelling this month and has now successfully installed 1034 rings. The restart follows the completion of a comprehensive review into tunnelling operations. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/april-2018-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=19 April 2018 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152225/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/april-2018-update |url-status=live }} was complete by May 2018.{{cite web |title=In one of the project's biggest milestones to date, TBM Grace broke through into the underground station box at Airport Central Station on the evening of Tuesday May 8, 2018. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/may-2018-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=11 May 2018 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152221/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/may-2018-update |url-status=live }}

As the site was divided in two by Dundas Road, with the station and dive structure on the west side and the TBM support infrastructure on the east side,{{cite web |title=In another exciting project milestone, both TBMs have now left Airport Central Station to tunnel the 2.8km towards Redcliffe Station. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/july-2018-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=26 July 2018 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152219/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/july-2018-update |url-status=live }} {{convert|1|km}} of Dundas Road had to be realigned to pass west of the station.{{cite web |title=After leaving the Airport Central Station box in June, tunnel boring machine (TBM) Grace has hit another milestone tunnelling a total of 2.5km from the dive structure in Forrestfield. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/august-2018-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=20 August 2018 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152234/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/august-2018-update |url-status=live }} Works for that began in February 2018.{{cite web |title=We have hit the ground running this year with tunnelling progressing well and construction underway at the stations, cross-passages and emergency egress shafts. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/february-2018-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=12 February 2018 |archive-date=16 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716170655/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/february-2018-update |url-status=live }} The realigned road opened in August 2018, and the previous alignment between Maida Vale Road and Imperial Street was closed.{{cite web |title=Road realignment paves way for future Forrestfield METRONET precinct |url=https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2018/08/Road-realignment-paves-way-for-future-Forrestfield-METRONET-precinct.aspx |website=Media Statements |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=30 August 2018 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152216/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2018/08/Road-realignment-paves-way-for-future-Forrestfield-METRONET-precinct.aspx |url-status=live }}

Construction of the foundations for the station's platform began in October 2018.{{cite web |title=TBM Grace has made good progress in the last month and has now tunnelled 44 per cent of the entire tunnel length between Forrestfield and Bayswater Junction. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/october-2018-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=25 October 2018 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152217/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/october-2018-update |url-status=live }} By May 2019, columns to support the concourse above the platforms were in place,{{cite web |title=Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Grace and her crew reached another milestone earlier this week: completing 4.5km of tunnelling! |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/may-2019-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=2 May 2019 |archive-date=16 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716170710/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/may-2019-update |url-status=live }} and by June 2019, the concourse slab had been poured and the structure for the roof had begun to be built.{{cite web |title=Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Grace arrived at Redcliffe Station last month, breaking through the one-metre-thick eastern station box wall to a cheering crowd of excited team members. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/june-2019-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=7 June 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152214/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/june-2019-update |url-status=live }} By July 2019, the escalators were in place and brickwork for the station building had begun.{{cite web |title=This week the team celebrated our second 130m-long tunnel boring machine (TBM) arriving at Redcliffe Station. TBM Sandy broke through into the underground station box at 9:30am on Saturday, July 6. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/july-2019-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=11 July 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152219/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/july-2019-update |url-status=live }} By August 2019, the stairs were in place,{{cite web |title=After being at the centre of attention for the last few months, both tunnel boring machines (TBMs) are now back in the ground and on their way to Bayswater. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/august-2019-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=13 August 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152222/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/august-2019-update |url-status=live }} and by September 2019, the station was 50 percent complete.{{cite web |title=Forrestfield Station is now at 50 per cent completion, with the main building, roof and platform construction well advanced. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/forrestfield-station-reaches-new-heights-at-50-per-cent-completion |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=4 September 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152231/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/forrestfield-station-reaches-new-heights-at-50-per-cent-completion |url-status=live }} By February 2020, the sheeting for the roof was being installed and construction on the traction power supply substation had begun.{{cite web |title=The year 2020 will mark a major milestone for the project: the end of tunnelling. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/february-2020-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=11 February 2020 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152223/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/february-2020-update |url-status=live }} The roof sheeting was fully installed by April 2020{{cite web |title=It's a wrap! A major milestone was achieved earlier this week with tunnelling now complete after tunnel boring machine (TBM) Sandy broke through at the Bayswater dive structure on Monday. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/aprilmay-2020-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=23 April 2020 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152217/https://forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/aprilmay-2020-update |url-status=live }} and by June 2020, the roof skylights were complete.{{cite web |title=The change of seasons has also brought about a new era for the project: life after tunnelling. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/june-2020-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152219/https://forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/june-2020-update |url-status=live }} Works on the forecourt, including the bus interchange, were underway by August 2020,{{cite web |title=The first kilometre of track has been laid between Redcliffe and Airport Central stations. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/august-2020-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=12 May 2023 |date=10 August 2020 |archive-date=27 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827230719/https://forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/august-2020-update |url-status=live }} and by September 2020, the lifts from the platform to the concourse were installed.{{cite web |title=Progress in the Airport Line's twin-bored tunnels has really gained momentum, with 90 per cent of the tunnel invert slab now poured and cured. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/september-2020-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=12 May 2023 |date=11 September 2020 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326014044/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/september-2020-update |url-status=live }} By May 2021, tiling of the platform and the concourse was complete.{{cite web |title=Last week Transport Minister Rita Saffioti MLA announced that the first operational trains for the Airport Line are expected to run in the first half of 2022. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/may-2021-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=12 May 2023 |date=13 May 2021 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326013922/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/may-2021-update |url-status=live }} The TBM cutterhead was installed by November 2021.{{cite web |title=TBMs, trains and buses |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/november-2021-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=12 May 2023 |date=12 November 2021 |archive-date=18 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318111855/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/november-2021-update |url-status=live }}

File:High Wycombe Station TBM cutter head on display, Western Australia, 14 October 2022 01.jpg

In September 2018, it was announced that the Forrestfield–Airport Link contract would be varied so that a 1,200-bay multi-storey car park could be constructed at the station, instead of a large ground-level car park as originally planned. The car park was projected to cost $32 million and be paid for by the project's contingency budget. The change reduced the area dedicated to parking by {{convert|8|ha}} and was made to allow for transit-oriented development at the station.{{cite web |last1=Brookes |first1=Sarah |title=State Government scraps plans for a sprawling car park at new Forrestfield Train Station |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/southern-gazette/state-government-scraps-plans-for-a-sprawling-car-park-at-new-forrestfield-train-station-c-861654 |website=PerthNow |agency=Southern Gazette |access-date=13 May 2023 |date=11 September 2018 |archive-date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706140719/https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/southern-gazette/state-government-scraps-plans-for-a-sprawling-car-park-at-new-forrestfield-train-station-c-861654 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=The McGowan Government will provide a multi-deck car park at the future Forrestfield Station to open up space for a future METRONET precinct. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/multi-deck-car-park-for-forrestfield-station-metronet-precinct |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=11 September 2018 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152216/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/multi-deck-car-park-for-forrestfield-station-metronet-precinct |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Multi-deck Car Park Fact Sheet September 2018 |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/Portals/14/Multi-deck%20Car%20Park%20Fact%20Sheet%20September%202018.pdf |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=September 2018 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152217/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/Portals/14/Multi-deck%20Car%20Park%20Fact%20Sheet%20September%202018.pdf |url-status=live }} This came after Shire of Kalamunda President Andrew Waddell had expressed concern at the previously planned 2,500-bay car park, saying that "The PTA plans to build 2,500 car parking bays in front of the station will devastate any plans to develop at the proposed densities".{{cite web |last1=Emery |first1=Kate |title=High density plan for Forrestfield |url=https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/high-density-plan-for-forrestfield-ng-ya-145133 |website=The West Australian |access-date=13 May 2023 |date=9 December 2015 |archive-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513113107/https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/high-density-plan-for-forrestfield-ng-ya-145133 |url-status=live }} Construction on the car park began in June 2020,{{cite web |title=Earlier this year we asked residents and businesses within the City of Kalamunda to choose their preferred name for the new line's terminus station. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/july-2020-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=12 May 2023 |date=3 July 2020 |archive-date=27 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827230646/https://forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/july-2020-update |url-status=live }} and by March 2021, the structure was complete, with fit-out works following that.{{cite web |title=Quite a bit of headway has been made in the rail area since our last update in early February. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/march-april-2021-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=12 May 2023 |date=25 March 2021 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326013931/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/march-april-2021-update |url-status=live }} By July 2021, the car park was complete.{{cite web |title=Not one, but two major milestones can be ticked off on the project's to-do list this month. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/july-2021-update |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=12 May 2023 |date=19 July 2021 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075128/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/july-2021-update |url-status=live }}

=Name=

By 2017, there was a push from local residents for the station to be renamed High Wycombe station to better reflect its actual location. Federal member for Swan Steve Irons and state member for Forrestfield Stephen Price called for the name change, with Price accusing the former Liberal government of naming the station Forrestfield so that it was more likely to retain the marginal electoral district of Forrestfield.{{cite web |last1=Brookes |first1=Sarah |title=Name of Forrestfield train station could be changed after calls from State and Federal members |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/midland-kalamunda-reporter/name-of-forrestfield-train-station-could-be-changed-after-calls-from-state-and-federal-members-c-834242 |website=PerthNow |agency=Midland Kalamunda Reporter |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=14 December 2017 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152212/https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/midland-kalamunda-reporter/name-of-forrestfield-train-station-could-be-changed-after-calls-from-state-and-federal-members-c-834242 |url-status=live }} The City of Kalamunda called for the name to change to High Wycombe in March 2020.{{cite web |last1=Brookes |first1=Sarah |title=High Wycombe residents push to rename Forrestfield train station to reflect its 'true location' |url=https://thewest.com.au/news/transport/high-wycombe-residents-push-to-rename-forrestfield-train-station-to-reflect-its-true-location-ng-b881483135z |website=The West Australian |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=8 March 2020 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152214/https://thewest.com.au/news/transport/high-wycombe-residents-push-to-rename-forrestfield-train-station-to-reflect-its-true-location-ng-b881483135z |url-status=live }} In May 2020, the state government launched a survey for residents and business operators of the City of Kalamunda to have their say on the station's name.{{cite web |title=A new survey opened today is giving community members in Perth's eastern foothills the opportunity to help choose the name for their new train station. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/community-input-sought-on-name-of-metronet-station |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=4 May 2020 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152214/https://forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/community-input-sought-on-name-of-metronet-station |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Brookes |first1=Sarah |title=Forrestfield-Airport Link: Locals to have their say on station name |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/hills-avon-valley-gazette/forrestfield-airport-link-locals-to-have-their-say-on-station-name--c-1014564 |website=PerthNow |agency=Hills Avon Valley Gazette |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=6 May 2020 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152216/https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/hills-avon-valley-gazette/forrestfield-airport-link-locals-to-have-their-say-on-station-name--c-1014564 |url-status=live }} The survey closed with over 3,500 votes, 76.1 percent of which were for the station to be named High Wycombe.{{cite web |title=The votes are in and more than three quarters of respondents have opted for High Wycombe to become the permanent name for the Forrestfield-Airport Link's terminus station. |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/community-names-new-metronet-station-high-wycombe |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=26 June 2020 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152216/https://forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/community-names-new-metronet-station-high-wycombe |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Brookes |first1=Sarah |title=Forrestfield Station to be renamed High Wycombe after push from locals |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/transport/forrestfield-station-to-be-renamed-high-wycombe-after-push-from-locals--c-1126918 |website=PerthNow |agency=Midland Kalamunda Reporter |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=26 June 2020 |archive-date=1 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801012214/https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/transport/forrestfield-station-to-be-renamed-high-wycombe-after-push-from-locals--c-1126918 |url-status=live }}

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File:High Wycombe Station, Western Australia, opening plaque.jpg

On 18 December 2018, state Transport Minister Rita Saffioti announced that the opening date of the project had been delayed from 2020 to 2021.{{cite web |title=Forrestfield Airport Link project delayed by one year after sinkhole strikes tunnel boring |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-18/perth-airport-link-delayed-by-one-year-after-sinkhole/10630416 |website=ABC News |access-date=16 July 2022 |date=18 December 2018 |archive-date=16 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716002922/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-18/perth-airport-link-delayed-by-one-year-after-sinkhole/10630416 |url-status=live }} In May 2021, Saffioti announced that the project had been delayed again, this time with the opening date being in the first half of 2022.{{cite web |last1=Hastie |first1=Hamish |title=WA's biggest rail project to be nearly two years overdue after more delays |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/wa-s-biggest-rail-project-to-be-nearly-two-years-overdue-after-more-delays-20210507-p57q0q.html |website=WAtoday |url-access=limited |access-date=16 July 2022 |date=7 May 2021 |archive-date=19 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719060011/https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/wa-s-biggest-rail-project-to-be-nearly-two-years-overdue-after-more-delays-20210507-p57q0q.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Joint media statement – METRONET Bayswater Junction hits the switch |url=https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2021/05/Joint-media-statement-METRONET-Bayswater-Junction-hits-the-switch.aspx |website=Media Statements |access-date=16 July 2022 |date=7 May 2021 |archive-date=12 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312212500/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2021/05/Joint-media-statement-METRONET-Bayswater-Junction-hits-the-switch.aspx |url-status=live }} Following the state budget on 12 May 2022, the government changed its position on the line's opening date, saying it would open some time later in the year.{{cite web |title=METRONET powering ahead with record $6 billion investment |url=https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2022/05/METRONET-powering-ahead-with-record-6-billion-dollar-investment.aspx |website=Media Statements |access-date=14 May 2022 |date=12 May 2022 |archive-date=26 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726060009/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2022/05/METRONET-powering-ahead-with-record-6-billion-dollar-investment.aspx |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Zimmerman |first1=Josh |title=Forrestfield–Airport Link faces yet another delay as McGowan Government unable to confirm completion date |url=https://thewest.com.au/politics/state-politics/forrestfield-airport-link-faces-yet-another-delay-as-mcgowan-government-unable-to-confirm-completion-date--c-6789385 |website=The West Australian |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 May 2022 |date=14 May 2022 |archive-date=14 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514045308/https://thewest.com.au/politics/state-politics/forrestfield-airport-link-faces-yet-another-delay-as-mcgowan-government-unable-to-confirm-completion-date--c-6789385 |url-status=live }} On 16 August, the opening date was revealed to be 9 October 2022.{{cite web |title=All aboard: date set for opening of METRONET Forrestfield–Airport Link |url=https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2022/08/All-aboard-date-set-for-opening-of-METRONET-Forrestfield-Airport-Link.aspx |website=Media Statements |access-date=16 August 2022 |date=16 August 2022 |archive-date=16 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816045140/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2022/08/All-aboard-date-set-for-opening-of-METRONET-Forrestfield-Airport-Link.aspx |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=de Kruijff |first1=Peter |title=Long-delayed $1.9b Forrestfield–Airport rail link to open in October |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/long-delayed-1-9b-forrestfield-airport-rail-link-to-open-in-october-20220816-p5baat.html |website=WAtoday |url-access=limited |access-date=16 August 2022 |date=16 August 2022 |archive-date=16 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816040958/https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/long-delayed-1-9b-forrestfield-airport-rail-link-to-open-in-october-20220816-p5baat.html |url-status=live }} The station was officially opened that day by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Premier Mark McGowan, and Transport Minister Saffioti.{{cite web |last1=David |first1=Ashleigh |title=Forrestfield–Airport Link project launched after a two-year delay |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-09/forrestfield-airport-link-project-launched-after-delays/101511000 |website=ABC News |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=9 October 2022 |archive-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213023107/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-09/forrestfield-airport-link-project-launched-after-delays/101511000 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Condon |first1=Alex |title=PM, Premier open 'historic' $1.86 billion Metronet airport rail line |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/pm-premier-open-historic-1-86-billion-metronet-airport-rail-line-20221009-p5bod5.html |website=WAtoday |url-access=limited |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=9 October 2022 |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030103954/https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/pm-premier-open-historic-1-86-billion-metronet-airport-rail-line-20221009-p5bod5.html |url-status=live }} To celebrate, a community open day was organised for High Wycombe and Redcliffe stations on the day of the opening, which involved live entertainment and food.{{cite web |title=Celebrate the Airport Line opening |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/forrestfieldairportlink/news-resources/display-article/celebrate-the-airport-line-opening |website=Forrestfield–Airport Link |access-date=12 May 2023 |date=7 September 2022 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512075131/https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/news-resources/display-article/celebrate-the-airport-line-opening |url-status=live }} The new bus services to High Wycombe station commenced the following day.{{cite web |title=Our history |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/about-us/our-role/our-history#2011-to-present-23 |website=Public Transport Authority |access-date=5 July 2023}}

Future

High Wycombe station was designed to allow for a future extension of the railway south. The Perth and Peel @ 3.5 Million plan states that an extension to link the Airport line to the Thornlie–Cockburn line to form a Circle line should be investigated.{{cite web |title=Perth and Peel@3.5million: The Transport Network |url=https://www.transport.wa.gov.au/mediaFiles/projects/PROJ_P_Perth_Peel_3.5million_TransportNetwork.pdf |website=Department of Transport |access-date=13 May 2023 |pages=20, 23 |date=March 2018 |archive-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315162918/https://www.transport.wa.gov.au/mediaFiles/projects/PROJ_P_Perth_Peel_3.5million_TransportNetwork.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Laird |first1=Philip G. |title=Perth's urban rail renaissance |url=https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1278&context=eispapers1 |website=University of Wollongong |access-date=13 May 2023 |page=7 |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306074937/https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1278&context=eispapers1 |url-status=live }}

Services

File:High Wycombe Station exterior and bus interchange, Western Australia, May 2023 15.jpg

High Wycombe station is served by the Airport line on the Transperth network. These services are operated by the PTA via its Transperth Train Operations division.{{cite web |title=Transperth |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/our-services/transperth |website=Public Transport Authority |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220205/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/our-services/transperth |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=About Transperth |url=https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/about-us |website=Transperth |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=8 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008135913/https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/about-us |url-status=live }} To the west, the line joins the Midland line two stations along at Bayswater, running along that line to Perth station, before running along the Fremantle line to terminate at Claremont station. Airport line trains depart from the station every twelve minutes during peak on weekdays and every fifteen minutes outside peak and on weekends and public holidays. At night, trains are half-hourly or hourly. The journey to Perth station takes 22 minutes. The station is in fare zone two.{{cite web |title=Airport Line Train Timetable |date=10 October 2022 |url=https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablepdfs/Airport%20Line%2020221010.pdf |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-date=2 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902011917/https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablepdfs/Airport%20Line%2020221010.pdf |url-status=live }}

The station was predicted to have an average of 9,800 daily boardings upon opening, rising to 12,000 by 2031. The catchment area includes High Wycombe, Forrestfield, Maida Vale, Gooseberry Hill, and Kalamunda. It was planned that over 90 percent of passengers would arrive at High Wycombe station by car or bus and 50 percent would arrive by bus.

High Wycombe's bus interchange has eight bus stands and eight regular bus routes. Consultation on the bus routes occurred in October and November 2021.{{cite web |title=Have your say on the new Airport Line bus network |url=https://www.mysaytransport.wa.gov.au/have-your-say-on-the-new-airport-line-bus-network |website=My Say Transport |access-date=29 October 2021 |date=22 October 2021 |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019035057/https://www.mysaytransport.wa.gov.au/have-your-say-on-the-new-airport-line-bus-network |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Community to have say on bus services to Airport Line stations |url=https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2021/10/Community-to-have-say-on-bus-services-to-Airport-Line-stations.aspx |website=Media Statements |access-date=29 October 2021 |date=19 October 2021 |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019035106/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2021/10/Community-to-have-say-on-bus-services-to-Airport-Line-stations.aspx |url-status=live }} Route 270 runs to Elizabeth Quay bus station via Forrestfield, Belmont and Victoria Park transfer station. Route 271 goes to Forrestfield.{{cite web |title=Bus Timetable 108 |url=https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablepdfs/Bus%20Timetable%20108%2020221010.pdf |website=Transperth |access-date=13 May 2023 |date=10 October 2022 |archive-date=6 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306035001/https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablepdfs/Bus%20Timetable%20108%2020221010.pdf |url-status=live }} Route 275 goes to Walliston via Kalamunda bus station. Route 276 goes to Kalamunda bus station via Gooseberry Hill.{{cite web |title=Bus Timetable 109 |url=https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablepdfs/Bus%20Timetable%20109%2020230129.pdf |website=Transperth |access-date=13 May 2023 |date=29 January 2023 |archive-date=6 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306035032/https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablepdfs/Bus%20Timetable%20109%2020230129.pdf |url-status=live }} Routes 277 and 278 go to Midland station. Route 280 goes to Westfield Carousel via Cannington station.{{cite web |title=Bus Timetable 110 |url=https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablepdfs/Bus%20Timetable%20110%2020230129.pdf |website=Transperth |access-date=13 May 2023 |date=29 January 2023 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307095329/https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablepdfs/Bus%20Timetable%20110%2020230129.pdf |url-status=live }} Route 293 goes to Redcliffe station via Belmont. Route 294 goes to Foodbank WA.{{cite web |title=Bus Timetable 111 |url=https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablepdfs/Bus%20Timetable%20111%2020230612.pdf |website=Transperth |access-date=19 June 2023 |date=12 June 2023 |archive-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528055720/https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablepdfs/Bus%20Timetable%20111%2020230612.pdf |url-status=live }} Rail replacement bus services operate as route 902.

References

External links

[https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/Using-Transperth/Station-Facilities/Stations-Maps?lid=9&sid=92 High Wycombe Station] information page on the Transperth website
[https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/construction-sites/high-wycombe-station High Wycombe Station] information page on the Forrestfield–Airport Link website
[https://www.forrestfieldairportlink.wa.gov.au/construction-sites/high-wycombe-station/high-wycombe-community-reference-group High Wycombe Community Reference Group meeting minutes] on the Forrestfield–Airport Link website
{{YouTube|lp_VOuxuINI|Forrestfield Station animation}}
{{YouTube|dhoFonVqO1E|Construction of the Forrestfield dive structure (July 2017)}}
{{YouTube|f6G48HnuqT8|Forrestfield Station roof frame erection}}
{{YouTube|d6aGimWCK9g|Roof sheeting installation at Forrestfield Station (April 2020)}}
{{YouTube|WsQzZYrq-AM|The making of the High Wycombe Station mural (October 2021)}}

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