Victoria Street railway station, Perth

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

{{Infobox station

| name = Victoria Street

| type =

| style = Transperth

| style2 = FRE

| image = Victoria Street Station, Western Australia, March 2022 15.jpg

| image_size =

| image_caption = Southbound view from Platform 1, March 2022

| address = Stirling Highway, Cottesloe

| country = Australia

| coordinates = {{coord|-32.012043|115.754936|region:AU-WA_type:railwaystation|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| elevation =

| distance = {{convert|14.2|km}} from Perth

| line = {{rcb|Transperth|FRE|inline=yes}}

| bus_routes =

| bus_stands =

| structure = Ground

| platform = 2 side

| depth =

| levels =

| tracks = 2

| parking =

| bicycle =

| opened = 1954

| electrified = Yes

| accessible =

| architectural_style =

| code = FVS
99331 (platform 1)
99332 (platform 2)

| owned = Public Transport Authority

| operator = Transperth

| zone = 2

| former =

| passengers = 150,070

| pass_year = 2013–14

| pass_percent =

| pass_system =

| mpassengers =

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Transperth

|line1=FRE|left1=Mosman Park|right1=North Fremantle

|header2=Former services

|line3=FRE|left3=Mosman Park|right3=Leighton

}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-caption = Location of Victoria Street railway station

| mapframe-zoom = 13

}}

Victoria Street railway station is a railway station on the Transperth network. It is located on the Fremantle line, 14.2 kilometres from Perth station serving the suburbs of Mosman Park and Cottesloe.

History

Victoria Street station opened in 1954.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59698258 New Timetables for Suburbans] Sunday Times 21 November 1954 page 6 It closed on 1 September 1979 along with the rest of the Fremantle line, re-opening on 29 July 1983 when services were restored. To the west of the station, a now lifted freight line ran from Cottesloe to the Leighton Marshalling Yard.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080721030836/http://www.righttrack.wa.gov.au/Portals/3/media/History_Fremantle.pdf History of Stations on the Fremantle Line] Right Track[http://www.pta.wa.gov.au/aboutus/ourhistory/tabid/42/default.aspx Our History] Public Transport Authority

From 2034, Victoria Street station's platforms are planned to be extended to the south 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}}

Services

Victoria Street station is served by Transperth Fremantle line services from Fremantle to Perth that continue through to Midland via the Midland line.[http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablepdfs/Fremantle%20Line%2020160131.pdf Fremantle Line Timetable] Transperth 31 January 2016[https://bitre.gov.au/publications/2012/files/report_131.pdf Understanding Australia's urban railways] Bureau of Infrastructure Transport & Regional Economics July 2012 page 12

Victoria Street station saw 150,070 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 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220205/https://parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/pquest.nsf/viewLAPQuestByDate/4440C3F6F8C0E53248257E6E00293108 |archive-date=5 February 2022 |url-status=live|website=Parliament of Western Australia |access-date=2 December 2021}}{{cbignore}}