Public Transport Centre#East Perth Railway Terminal
{{Short description|Public transport terminal in Perth, Western Australia}}
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The Public Transport Centre (formerly known as the Westrail Centre) is a terminal and administration building for public transport in Perth, Western Australia. It is the centerpiece of East Perth Terminal (formerly known as Perth Terminal), a standard gauge railway station and coach terminal adjacent to East Perth station on the Transperth narrow gauge suburban rail network.
Some transport operations {{update after |2023 |text=will expand into the future Public Transport Operations Control Centre, currently under construction adjacent to the existing Public Transport Centre.}}
Overview
File:MerredinLink, East Perth, 2015(2).JPG service at East Perth Terminal in January 2015]]
The site occupied by East Perth station, East Perth Terminal, and the Public Transport Centre was formerly the East Perth Locomotive Depot.[http://wastations.i8.com/Midland/East%20Perth/East_Perth_Station.html East Perth Station] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212035052/http://wastations.i8.com/Midland/East%20Perth/East_Perth_Station.html |date=12 February 2015 }} History of Western Australian Railways & Stations
=East Perth Railway Terminal=
{{East Perth Rail Yard}}
As part of the gauge conversion of the Eastern Goldfields Railway, a new standard gauge terminus was opened in 1969.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080721030410/http://www.righttrack.wa.gov.au/Portals/3/media/History_Midland.pdf History of Stations on the Midland Line] Right Track The station has one side platform and a dock platform at its northern end.
Today the station is served by Journey Beyond's Indian Pacific, and Transwa's Prospector and MerredinLink services.[https://journeybeyondrail.com.au/guest-information/stations-and-terminals/east-perth-terminal/ East Perth Terminal] Journey Beyond[http://www.transwa.wa.gov.au/Services/Prospector.aspx Prospector - East Perth to Kalgoorlie] Transwa[http://www.transwa.wa.gov.au/Plan-your-journey/AvonLink AvonLink and MerredinLink] Transwa] Until it ceased in June 1991, the terminal was also served by the Trans-Australian.
=Administration building=
The construction of building above and adjacent to the Railway Terminal platform was commissioned by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR).Forbes and Fitzhardinge & Western Australian Government Railways Commission (1972). In Western Australian Government Railways East Perth Administration Terminal Building : report on schematic design. WAGR, [Perth, W.A.] By the time it was completed, WAGR had become Westrail.Westrail Head Office, East Perth conference and executive offices : resultant sound levels : Forbes & Fitzhardinge and W.E. Bassett & Partners Pty. Ltd. / Ron Carr & Company Pty. Ltd.[East Perth, W.A.] : Westrail, 1977. "Report no. V2104-3, February 1977"
It was opened by State Premier Charles Court on 12 November 1976 as the Westrail Centre.[https://web.archive.org/web/20030904033829/http://www.pta.wa.gov.au/scripts/viewarticle.asp?NID=1053 History at a Glance] Public Transport Authority The public area includes a newsagent, café, help desks, vending machines, seats, televisions, information screens, an ATM and public toilets. In 2000, the upper floors were refurbished.
The building was formerly the headquarters for Westrail, and after the sale of Westrail's freight services was occupied by the Australian Railroad Group (ARG) from 2000 until 2002. In 2002, ARG relocated to Welshpool, and the building is now occupied by the Public Transport Authority and Department of Transport having been renamed the Public Transport Centre.[http://www.pta.wa.gov.au/AboutUs/ContactUs/tabid/124/Default.aspx Contact Us] Public Transport Authority
Transwa coach services to various state destinations also currently depart and arrive at the northern end of the terminal building.[http://www.transwa.wa.gov.au/Bookings-and-fares/Timetables Timetable files] Transwa
=Public Transport Operations Control Centre=
In 2021, it was announced that some operations will expand into the Public Transport Operations Control Centre, a new {{AUD|25-million}} building to be constructed {{convert|100|m}} north from the existing Public Transport Centre building.[https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/eastern-reporter/public-transport-authority-to-move-into-new-east-perth-building-c-2379905 Public Transport Authority to move into new East Perth building][https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/Portals/31/Project%20Documents/High%20Capacity%20Signalling/Public%20Transport%20Operations%20Control%20Centre%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Public Transport Operations Control Centre] The building was completed in late-2023, with renovations and staff migration to continue over a three-year period.{{cite news|title=High Capacity Signalling|url=https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/projects/high-capacity-signalling#public-transport-operations-control-centre|work=metronet.wa.gov|date=4 December 2024|first=|last=}} It {{update after |2023 |text=will house Metronet's High Capacity Signalling project.}}[https://infrastructuremagazine.com.au/2022/03/10/high-capacity-signalling-to-maximise-perth-rail-traffic-efficiency/ High capacity signalling to maximise Perth rail traffic efficiency]
References
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External links
- [http://railways.southaust.net/1st_IP/images.html Gallery of Perth Terminal Station in 1969 before construction of the Public Transport Centre]
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{{Public Transport Authority of Western Australia railway stations|MerredinLink=y|Prospector=y|state=collapsed}}
{{Journey Beyond railway stations|Indian Pacific=y|state=collapsed}}
Category:Brutalist architecture in Australia
Category:Buildings and structures in Perth, Western Australia
Category:East Perth, Western Australia
Category:Government buildings completed in 1976