Whitfords | |||||||||||||||
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 Southbound view in August 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Mitchell Freeway, Padbury Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°47′58″S 115°46′56″E / 31.799318°S 115.782348°E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Public Transport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Transperth Trains | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Yanchep line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 19.0 kilometres from Perth | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 platform faces with 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bus routes | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Bus stands | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | 908 paid car bays | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | JWS 99851 (platform 1) 99852 (platform 2) | ||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 28 February 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| March 2018 | 4,200 per day | ||||||||||||||
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Whitfords railway station is a railway station located on the boundary of Padbury and Kingsley, suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. It is on the Yanchep line, which is part of the Transperth commuter rail network. It is located in the median of the Mitchell Freeway, and consists of an elevated bus interchange on top of an island platform at ground level. South of Whitfords, trains run every 5 minutes during peak. North of Whitfords, trains run every 10 minutes during peak. Between peak during the day, trains run every 15 minutes. The journey to Perth Underground railway station is 19.8 kilometres (12.3 mi), and takes 19 minutes.
The station was constructed as part of the Northern Suburbs Transit System project. Construction began in November 1991 and was completed in December 1992. It opened on 28 February 1993, along with most other stations on the Yanchep line (then known as the Joondalup line).