Daglish railway station

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Daglish station is on the boundary of Daglish and Subiaco, suburbs of Perth, Western Australia.{{cite book |title=UBD street directory Gregory's 2016 Perth & surrounds. |date=2015 |publisher=Universal Publishers |isbn=978-0-7319-3006-7}} Parallel to the south-east is Railway Road and to the north-west is Stubbs Terrace.{{cite web |title=Daglish Station Map |url=https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablePDFs/BusStationMaps/Daglish%20Station.pdf |website=Transperth |access-date=28 December 2024 |archive-date=26 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326225525/https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablePDFs/BusStationMaps/Daglish%20Station.pdf |url-status=live }} It is owned by the Public Transport Authority (PTA), a state government agency,{{efn|name=A|The PTA succeeded the Western Australian Government Railways as the owner and operator of the rail network in 2003.{{cite web |title=New PTA to provide better planned and integrated services |url=https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Gallop/2003/06/New-PTA-to-provide-better-planned-and-integrated-services.aspx |website=Media Statements |access-date=14 May 2022 |date=30 June 2003 |archive-date=31 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331171344/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Gallop/2003/06/New-PTA-to-provide-better-planned-and-integrated-services.aspx |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Railways and WAGR Staff |url=https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/state-records-office-of-western-australia/railways-and-wagr-staff |website=WA.gov.au |date=3 February 2021 |access-date=14 May 2022 |archive-date=23 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423072142/https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/state-records-office-of-western-australia/railways-and-wagr-staff |url-status=live }}}}{{cite web |title=Public Transport Authority: Railway System: April 2019 |url=https://pta.wa.gov.au/Portals/15/AA_DOCUMENTS/Our_system/Freight%20network/PTA%20Rail%20Network%20Map_2019.pdf |website=Public Transport Authority |access-date=30 April 2022 |date=April 2019 |archive-date=24 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724085310/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/Portals/15/AA_DOCUMENTS/Our_system/Freight%20network/PTA%20Rail%20Network%20Map_2019.pdf |url-status=live }} and is part of the Transperth system. The station is {{convert|4.9|km}},{{cite web |title=Manual – Rail Access |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/Portals/15/AA_DOCUMENTS/About_us/Working%20with%20PTA/Safety%20resources/8800-400-001%20-%20Rail%20Access%20Manual.pdf |website=Public Transport Authority |date=30 August 2021 |access-date=20 September 2021 |archive-date=21 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921045822/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/Portals/15/AA_DOCUMENTS/About_us/Working%20with%20PTA/Safety%20resources/8800-400-001%20-%20Rail%20Access%20Manual.pdf |url-status=dead}} Distance from East Perth station to Perth station is 2.1 km. Distance from East Perth station to Daglish station is 7.0 km. Therefore, the distance from Perth station to Daglish station is 4.9 km. or a 7-minute train journey, from Perth station. The adjacent stations are Subiaco station towards Perth or High Wycombe, and Shenton Park station towards Fremantle or Claremont.{{cite web |title=Daglish Station |url=https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/Using-Transperth/Station-Facilities/Stations-Maps?sid=8 |website=Transperth |access-date=2 December 2021 |archive-date=2 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202062720/https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/Using-Transperth/Station-Facilities/Stations-Maps?sid=8 |url-status=live }}

The station consists of a single island platform with two platform edges. The platform has an asphalt surface with concrete on the edges. It is approximately {{convert|100|m}} long, enough for a Transperth four-car train but not a six-car train. From about 2034, the platform is planned to be lengthened to {{convert|150|m}} in the eastern direction to accommodate six-car trains.{{cite news |last1=Gorman |first1=Lloyd |title=Subi to Freo stations on home stretch |work=Post |date=18 January 2025 |pages=7, 53}} At the south-west end of the platform is a pedestrian subway, accessed from the platform by a ramp. On the platform are two small red brick buildings under a single terracotta tiled roof. Between them is an undercover area for seating. The buildings display elements of the Federation Bungalow architectural style. The station building, platform, and underpass are largely the same as when originally built, with the main change being that the doors and windows are bricked in. Surrounding Daglish station is an ornamental garden, including a hedge that spells "DAGLISH". There are car parks on both sides of the station, with a total of 58 bays. The station is listed as an "assisted access" station on the Transperth website, as the access ramp is too steep and there is no tactile paving.

Immediately south-west of the station is a single-ended turnback siding. It was used by trains operating special event services for Subiaco Oval until the stadium was closed in 2017. Trains would park there before heading to West Leederville station to pick up passengers.{{cite web |title=Public transport boost for major Subiaco Oval events |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/news/media-statements/public-transport-boost-for-major-subiaco-oval-events |website=Public Transport Authority |access-date=16 December 2021 |date=22 October 2006 |archive-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518115506/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/news/media-statements/public-transport-boost-for-major-subiaco-oval-events |url-status=live }} Since December 2024, the siding has been used by Ellenbrook line trains, which do not stop at Daglish station or any other station between Daglish and Perth. The turnback has capacity for five trains per hour, so an additional turnback will be needed for that line to achieve six trains per hour, which is planned in 2031.{{cite web |title=Morley–Ellenbrook Line Project Definition Plan |url=https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/Portals/31/Project%20Documents/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line%20PDP.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212245/https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/Portals/31/Project%20Documents/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line%20PDP.pdf |archive-date=20 September 2021 |url-status=live|website=Metronet |access-date=15 December 2021 |page=14 |date=June 2020}}{{cite web |title=Morley-Ellenbrook Line Project Update – January 2021 |url=https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/Portals/31/Project%20Documents/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line%20Project%20Update%20-%20%20January%202021.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212748/https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/Portals/31/Project%20Documents/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line%20Project%20Update%20-%20%20January%202021.pdf |archive-date=20 September 2021 |url-status=live|website=Metronet |access-date=15 December 2021 |date=January 2021}}

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There is one piece of public art at Daglish station: an untitled mural along the station's underpass installed in 2021 by Noongar artist Tjyllyungoo, also known as Lance Chadd, and Trish Robinson. The mural represents the local flora and fauna.{{cite news |title=Spiritual story behind Daglish flora, fauna art |work=Post |date=5 February 2022 |page=62}}{{cite web |title=Untitled (Daglish Station) |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/news/media-statements/untitled-daglish-station |website=Public Transport Authority |access-date=21 January 2025 |date=17 January 2025}}

By 1920, the Subiaco community wanted a railway station in the southern part of Subiaco. The Subiaco Municipal Council started lobbying the Government of Western Australia for a station to be built near Lawler Street. In 1922, after many meetings between the premier, the minister for railways, and the mayor of Subiaco, Walter Richardson, the government promised that the station would be built.{{cite book |last1=Spillman |first1=Ken |author-link=Ken Spillman |title=Identity Prized : A History of Subiaco |date=1985 |publisher=University of Western Australia Press |isbn= 978-0-85564-239-6}}{{rp|242}} The station was constructed during 1923 and the first half of 1924,{{rp|243}} during which time the station was often called Lawler Street station, although the station was actually slightly south of that street.{{rp|242}} It opened on 14 July 1924,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31240790 |title=News And Notes |newspaper=The West Australian |date=8 July 1924 |access-date=2 December 2021 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58055641 |title=Progress of Subiaco |newspaper=The Sunday Times |date=20 July 1924 |access-date=2 December 2021 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cbignore}} and was named after Henry Daglish, who was a mayor of Subiaco, a member for the electoral district of Subiaco, and a premier of Western Australia in the 1900s. Daglish was a resident of Subiaco for 22 years before he died in 1920.{{cite web |last1=Bizzaca |first1=Kristy |title=City of Subiaco Thematic History and Framework |url=https://www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/CityofSubiaco/media/City-of-Subiaco/Planning-and-development/Heritage-buildings-and-places/Subiaco-Thematic-History-Framework_1.pdf |website=City of Subiaco |access-date=27 November 2021 |date=February 2014 |archive-date=19 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319045110/https://www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/CityofSubiaco/media/City-of-Subiaco/Planning-and-development/Heritage-buildings-and-places/Subiaco-Thematic-History-Framework_1.pdf |url-status=live }}{{rp|32}}

In 1925, the Municipality of Subiaco acquired the land north-west of the station. Previously planned to be used as a rail yard, the council planned to create a residential suburb there named Daglish.{{rp|243}} The development of the suburb spanned the following two decades.{{rp|244–247}} Until the 1940s, Daglish station served as a freight depot, which is the reason for McCallum Avenue being so wide. Car parks at Daglish station were built in the 1960s, with the Stubbs Terrace car park built around 1966–67 and the Railway Road car park built in 1969.{{cite web |title=Daglish Train Station turns 100 |url=https://www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/see-do/good-to-know/news/daglish-train-station-turns-100-e5678613 |website=City of Subiaco |access-date=28 December 2024 |date=16 July 2024}}

From the opening date of the station until 31 January 1970, a station master worked at Daglish station, working from 8{{nbsp}}am to 4{{nbsp}}pm. A total of four station masters worked there over the course of its history.{{cite book |first1=Austin |last1=Jeff |publisher=Rail Heritage WA |title=Station Masters of Western Australia |date=2011 |isbn=978-0-9803922-4-1 |page=45}} An assistant station master also worked from 4{{nbsp}}pm to midnight, but that position was abolished in October 1962.{{cite web |author1=Subiaco Museum |title=Daglish Train Station: Celebrating 100 Years |url=https://collectionswa.net.au/node/114323 |website=Collections WA |access-date=28 December 2024 |date=14 May 2024}} On 31 January 1970, the then-operator of the railway network, the Western Australian Government Railways, closed the station's parcels and ticket offices due to changes to the way that freight was handled. The windows and doors to the station building were filled in with bricks, and the building is now occupied by electrical equipment. The station closed on 1 September 1979 along with the rest of the Fremantle line. It re-opened on 29 July 1983 when services on the Fremantle line were restored.{{cite web |title=Daglish Railway Station |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/PrintSingleRecord/6a7595b1-bbbc-4c84-8e95-b5fa7c6804a6 |website=inHerit |date=10 September 2024 |access-date=28 December 2024 |archive-date=2 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202145550/http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/PrintSingleRecord/6a7595b1-bbbc-4c84-8e95-b5fa7c6804a6 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Our history |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/about-us/our-role/our-history |website=Public Transport Authority |access-date=2 December 2021 |archive-date=16 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016074956/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/about-us/our-role/our-history |url-status=live }}

In May 2007, the turnback siding was opened between the mainline tracks south-west of the station, permitting the reversal of six-car trains moving special event crowds to and from Subiaco Oval.{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2006–2007 |url=http://www.pta.wa.gov.au/portals/0/annualreports/2007/pta_annual_report.pdf |website=Public Transport Authority |access-date=2 December 2021 |pages=5, 14 |year=2007 |archive-date=18 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718024705/http://www.pta.wa.gov.au/portals/0/annualreports/2007/pta_annual_report.pdf |url-status=live }} Since 10 October 2022, the station has been served by Airport line services in addition to the pre-existing Fremantle line services,{{cite web |title=New Airport Line a win for commuters with services to almost double |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/news/media-statements/new-airport-line-a-win-for-commuters-with-services-to-almost-double |website=Public Transport Authority |access-date=25 October 2022 |date=29 September 2022 |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024232929/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/news/media-statements/new-airport-line-a-win-for-commuters-with-services-to-almost-double |url-status=live }} and since the Ellenbrook line opened in December 2024, trains on that line have used the Daglish siding to reverse direction without stopping at the station. There have been complaints from local residents regarding the noise generated by trains entering and exiting the siding regularly.{{ubl|{{cite news |last1=Gorman |first1=Lloyd |title=Railing against Daglish train 'torture' |work=Post |date=21 December 2024 |page=5}} |{{cite news |last1=Gorman |first1=Lloyd |title=Screeching Daglish rail sparks action |work=Post |date=11 January 2025 |pages=1, 20}} |{{cite news |last1=Gorman |first1=Lloyd |title=Curtain call for the screeching trains |work=Post |date=18 January 2025 |pages=1, 19}} |{{cite news |last1=Christian |first1=Bonnie |title=Screech report shelved for election |work=Post |date=1 February 2025 |pages=7, 61}}}}

Planned future upgrades include platform lengthening to {{convert|150|m}} and upgrades to the platform and underpass for compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act. There have been reports of cracks in the concrete platform and underpass structure, which local residents have claimed could result in the closure of Daglish station.{{cite news |last1=Gorman |first1=Lloyd |title=Cracks could close Daglish station |work=Post |date=8 February 2025 |pages=3, 77}}

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Daglish station is served by the Airport and Fremantle lines on the Transperth network. Services are operated by the PTA.{{efn|name=A}}{{cite web |title=Transperth |url=https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/our-services/transperth |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220205/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/our-services/transperth |archive-date=5 February 2022 |url-status=live|website=Public Transport Authority |access-date=14 December 2021}}{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/about-us |website=Transperth |access-date=15 December 2021 |archive-date=8 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008135913/https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/about-us |url-status=live }} The Fremantle line runs between Fremantle station and Perth station, continuing past Perth as the Midland line. The Airport line, which commenced regular services on 10 October 2022, goes between High Wycombe station and Claremont 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=29 September 2022 |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 }}{{cite web |title=Fremantle Line Train Timetable |url=https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablepdfs/Fremantle%20Line%2020241215.pdf |website=Transperth |access-date=28 December 2024 |date=15 December 2024}}{{cite web |title=Airport Line Train Timetable |url=https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablepdfs/Airport%20Line%2020241209.pdf |website=Transperth |access-date=28 December 2024 |date=9 December 2024}}

Airport line and Fremantle line trains stop at Daglish five times per hour each during the peak period, combining for a ten train per hour frequency. Outside peak hour and on weekends and public holidays, trains on each line stop at Daglish four times per hour and late at night, each line stops at the station one or two times per hour. Daglish station had 186,725 passengers in the 2013–14 financial year.{{cite web |title=Question On Notice No. 4244 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 25 June 2015 by Mr M. Mcgowan |url=https://parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/pquest.nsf/viewLAPQuestByDate/4440C3F6F8C0E53248257E6E00293108 |website=Parliament of Western Australia |access-date=2 December 2021 |archive-date=30 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130063225/https://parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/pquest.nsf/viewLAPQuestByDate/4440C3F6F8C0E53248257E6E00293108 |url-status=live }} In 2015, the station had 644 average weekday boardings, making it the 50th busiest station out of the 69 Transperth stations at the time.{{cite web |title=Transport, Access and Parking Strategy |url=https://www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/CityofSubiaco/media/City-of-Subiaco/Corporate%20Library/17-47408-FINAL-Transport-Access-and-Parking-Strategy-as-approved-by-Council-25-July-2017-low-res.pdf |website=City of Subiaco |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403221627/https://www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/CityofSubiaco/media/City-of-Subiaco/Corporate%20Library/17-47408-FINAL-Transport-Access-and-Parking-Strategy-as-approved-by-Council-25-July-2017-low-res.pdf |archive-date=3 April 2021 |page=17}}

On Railway Road next to the station are a pair of bus stops. These are served by route 27, which runs between East Perth and Claremont station.{{cite web |title=Bus Timetable 33 |url=https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablepdfs/Bus%20Timetable%2033%2020210718.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004163410/https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablepdfs/Bus%20Timetable%2033%2020210718.pdf |archive-date=4 October 2021 |url-status=live|website=Transperth |access-date=16 December 2021}} These are also served by rail replacement bus route 906 when trains are not running.

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