Airport Central | |||||||||||
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 Exterior of Airport Central station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Airport Drive, Perth Airport Western Australia Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°56′39″S 115°58′29″E / 31.94403°S 115.97483°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Public Transport Authority | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Transperth Train Operations | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Airport line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform with 2 platform edges | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Depth | 17 metres (56 ft) | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 9 October 2022 | ||||||||||
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Airport Central railway station is an underground Transperth commuter railway station at terminals one and two of Perth Airport in Western Australia. The station is located on the Airport line and is one of three stations that were built as part of the Forrestfield–Airport Link project.
The contract for the Forrestfield–Airport Link, which consists of 8 kilometres (5 mi) of twin bored tunnels and three new stations, was awarded to Salini Impregilo and NRW Pty Ltd in April 2016. Construction on Airport Central station began in March 2017 following preparatory work. By January 2018, excavation was complete and, in May 2018, the two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) reached the station after tunnelling from High Wycombe. The TBMs left the station tunnelling north-west in July, and construction of the rest of the station started. As well as the station, a 280-metre (920 ft) elevated walkway was built by Georgiou Group, linking the station to the airport's terminal T1.
Originally planned to open in 2020, the line officially opened on 9 October 2022. It is served by trains every twelve minutes during peak hour 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 eighteen minutes.