Sherwood railway station, Perth

Sherwood
Two brick platforms with small shelter
Sherwood station in April 2022
General information
LocationRailway Avenue & Streich Avenue, Armadale, Western Australia
Australia
Coordinates32°08′16″S 116°00′39″E / 32.137845°S 116.010754°E / -32.137845; 116.010754
Owned byPublic Transport Authority
Operated byTransperth Train Operations
Line(s)South Western Railway
Distance28.6 kilometres (17.8 mi) from Perth
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessiblePartial
Other information
Fare zone3
History
Opened1973
Passengers
2013–14136,158
Services
Preceding station Transperth Transperth Following station
Challis
towards Perth
 Armadale line Armadale
Terminus
Location
Map
Location of Sherwood railway station

Sherwood railway station (officially Sherwood Station and previously known as Kingsley Station) is a temporarily closed suburban railway station in Armadale, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. It is on the Armadale line which is part of the Transperth network, and is 28.6 kilometres (17.8 mi) southwest of Perth station and 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) north of Armadale station. The station opened in 1973 as Kingsley, but was renamed to Sherwood in 1993. It consists of two side platforms with a pedestrian level crossing. It is not fully accessible due to steep ramps, wide gaps at the pedestrian level crossing, and wide gaps between the platform and train. Services are operated by Transperth Train Operations, a division of the state government's Public Transport Authority. The station was temporarily closed for 18 months from November 2023 to allow works on the Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal, Thornlie-Cockburn Link and Byford Rail Extension projects to take place. Before the shutdown, peak services ran at seven trains per hour in each direction, whilst off-peak services were four trains per hour.

Description

Sherwood station is along the South Western Railway, which links Perth to Bunbury.[1] The northern 30.4 kilometres (18.9 mi) of this railway, between Perth and Armadale, is used by Armadale line suburban rail services as part of the Transperth network.[2][3] The line and the station are owned by the Public Transport Authority (PTA), an agency of the Government of Western Australia.[4] Sherwood station is located between Challis station to the north and Armadale station to the south, within the suburb of Armadale. The station is between Streich Avenue to the east and Railway Avenue to the west,[5][6] 28.6 kilometres (17.8 mi), or a 32-minute train journey,[n 1] from Perth station, and 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi), or a 3-minute train journey, from Armadale station.[2][3] This places the station in Transperth fare zone three.[3][6]

Sherwood station consists of two side platforms which are approximately 100 metres (330 ft) long, enough for a four-car train but not a six-car train. The only way to cross the tracks is at a pedestrian level crossing at the southern end of the station. There is a car park on both sides of the station, with a total of 47 bays. Sherwood station is not fully accessible due to the ramps to the platforms being too steep, the pedestrian crossing containing 75-millimetre (3.0 in) gaps, and the platform gap being as much as 130 millimetres (5.1 in).[5][6]

History

With the 1970 Corridor Plan for Perth, new areas between Armadale and Kelmscott were opened up for development. The Armadale–Kelmscott Shire Council began lobbying the state government for new stations within the large gap between Armadale and Kelmscott stations.[7] Plans were completed by May 1973 for two new stations, with construction commencing soon afterwards.[8] Sherwood station opened later that year, as did the adjacent Challis station. Sherwood was originally named Kingsley station after the nearby Kingsley Primary School. It was renamed on 27 July 1989 to avoid confusion with Kingsley in the northern suburbs of Perth.[1][9][10] The name "Sherwood" comes from a nearby housing estate developed in the early 20th century.[10][11] In 1982–83, shelters were built at the station. On 20 November 2023, the station closed for 18 months as part of upgrade works to the Armadale line. It is set to reopen in mid-2025.[12][13]

Services

Before the shutdown began, Sherwood station was served by Armadale line services operated by Transperth Train Operations, a division of the PTA.[14] The line goes between Perth station and Armadale station. Armadale line services reached seven trains per hour during peak, dropping to four trains per hour between peaks. At night, there were two trains per hour, dropping to one train per hour in the early hours of the morning. Apart from at night and on Sundays/public holidays, most train services followed the "C" stopping pattern, which skipped Burswood, Victoria Park, Carlisle, Welshpool and Queens Park stations. There were also two "B" stopping pattern services which ran during the afternoon Armadale-bound. Those services were the same as the "C" pattern except they stopped at Queens Park. Starting at night, trains stopped at all stations. On Sundays and public holidays, half of all trains were "C" pattern trains and half were all stops trains.[3]

On Railway Avenue is a pair of bus stops for route 907, which operates a limited stop service between Perth Busport and Armadale station. This is a rail replacement service which is operating while trains are not running during the shutdown.[5]

In the 2013–14 financial year, Sherwood station had 136,158 boardings.[15] The City of Armadale rezoned nearby land for higher densities in the late 2010s, with the goal of increasing patronage.[16]

Notes

  1. ^ 32-minute train journey on a "C" pattern service, the most common service. 36-minute train journey on an all stops service.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Arnold, John (2006). A History of Bringing the Rails to Pinjarra : The Southwest Railway of Western Australia. p. 12. ISBN 0646142283.
  2. ^ a b "Manual – Rail Access" (PDF). Public Transport Authority. 30 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Armadale/Thornlie Line Train Timetable" (PDF). Transperth. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Public Transport Authority: Railway System: April 2019" (PDF). Public Transport Authority. April 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Sherwood Station – Access Map" (PDF). Transperth. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Sherwood Station". Transperth. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Two Rail Stopovers". Armadale-Gosnells Comment News. 4 August 1973. p. 9.
  8. ^ "Railway stopover". Armadale-Gosnells Comment News. 5 May 1973. p. 4.
  9. ^ "Historical timeline since settlement". City of Armadale. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Index of origin of road and locality names – Corrections form – 2015.pdf" (PDF). City of Armadale. p. 21, 80. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  11. ^ Carter, Jennie; Carter, Bevan (2011). Settlement to city : a history of the Armadale district and its people. City of Armadale. pp. 134–135. ISBN 9780959494419.
  12. ^ MetroBus (1998), MetroBus Annual Report 1997–1998, p. 55
  13. ^ "Armadale and Thornlie Line Shutdown". www.transperth.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Transperth". Public Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Question On Notice No. 4248 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 25 June 2015 by Mr M. Mcgowan". Parliament of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Town Planning Scheme No. 4: Residential Density Code Modifications East of Challis and Sherwood Train Stations: Amendment No. 89" (PDF). City of Armadale. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

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