Victoria Park | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Kitchener Avenue & Rutland Avenue Lathlain / Victoria Park Western Australia Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°58′19″S 115°54′09″E / 31.971832°S 115.902393°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Public Transport Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Public Transport Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | South Western Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 6.1 kilometres (3.8 mi) from Perth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform with 2 platform edges | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | 41 bays | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1898 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2 August 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2013–14 | 258,580 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Victoria Park railway station is a suburban railway station on the Transperth network in Western Australia. The station is in the Perth suburbs of Lathlain and Victoria Park. Since November 2023, the station has been the terminus of the Armadale and Thornlie lines due to the Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal Project. The whole of each line is expected to reopen in mid-2025.
The first Victoria Park station opened in 1898 after lobbying by the Municipality of Victoria Park. It gained a station master in 1922, which lasted until 1969. The Victoria Park section of the Armadale line underwent several improvements in the 2000s. Lathlain station closed in 2003, and a nearby level crossing was removed and replaced with a bridge. The Thornlie line commenced services on 7 August 2005, enabling most Armadale services to skip the station. In 2007, construction started on a new Victoria Park station, 230 metres (750 ft) south of the original station and closer to the demolished Lathlain station. The new station had greater accessibility and was no longer on a curve, which allowed for a smaller platform gap. The new Victoria Park station opened on 2 August 2008, and the old one was demolished soon afterwards.