Clarkson | |||||||||||||||
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 Southbound view in December 2021 | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Orenco Bend, Clarkson Western Australia Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°41′27″S 115°44′17″E / 31.690782°S 115.737963°E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Public Transport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Public Transport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Yanchep line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 33.2 kilometres (20.6 mi) from Perth Underground | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform with 2 platform edges | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bus routes | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Bus stands | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | 1,059 | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 4 October 2004 | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| March 2018 | 2,850 per day | ||||||||||||||
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Clarkson railway station is a suburban rail station in Clarkson, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. It is on the Yanchep line, which is part of the Transperth network. Located in the median of the Mitchell Freeway, the station consists of an island platform connected to the west by a pedestrian footbridge. A six-stand bus interchange and two carparks are located near the entrance.
Planning for an extension of the Yanchep line (then known as the Joondalup line) north of Currambine station was underway by 1995. The government committed to an extension to Clarkson the following year, and a plan detailing the extension was released in 2000. The first contract for the project, a A$14 million earthworks contract, was awarded to Brierty Contractors in March 2001. In April 2002, Barclay Mowlem and Alstom were awarded a contract worth $17 million to design and build the extension's rail infrastructure, and in November 2002, a $8.7 million contract was awarded to Transfield for the construction of the station. The station opened on 4 October 2004, with five new Transperth B-series trains entering service that day. The following day, bus services in the area were realigned to feed into Clarkson station. On 3 September 2013, there was a minor train crash at Clarkson station. On 21 September 2014, an extension of the Joondalup line 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) north to Butler station opened.
Clarkson station is 33.2 kilometres (20.6 mi) from Perth Underground station, with train journeys there taking 32 minutes. Train headways reach as low as five minutes during peak hour, with off-peak services at 15-minute headways. Six bus routes serve Clarkson station.