Belmont Park railway station, Perth

Belmont Park railway station was located on the Armadale/Thornlie line in Perth, Western Australia. It was operated by Transperth serving Belmont Park Racecourse from 1906 until 2013. The station saw 1,358 passengers in the 2013-14 financial year.[1]

This article is about the former station in Western Australia. For other stations called Belmont, see Belmont railway station.

Belmont Park
Station in June 2005
General information
LocationVictoria Park Drive, Burswood
Australia
Coordinates31°57′00″S 115°53′34″E
Owned byPublic Transport Authority
Operated byTransperth
Distance3.2 kilometres from Perth
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
Statusreplaced by Perth Stadium
Station codeABP
99031 (platform 1)
99032 (platform 2)
Fare zone1
History
Opened1906
Closed18 October 2013
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesGoodwood
Passengers
2013-141,358
Services
Preceding station Transperth Transperth Following station
Claisebrook
towards Perth
 Thornlie line
R
 Burswood
towards Thornlie
Armadale line
R
 Burswood
towards Armadale

History

Belmont Park station opened in 1906 as Goodwood.[2] In 1979, it was renamed Belmont Park.[3][4] It was used only when there was an event at the Belmont Park Racecourse.[5]

The station closed on 13 October 2013 to make way for the Perth Stadium station that was built to service Perth Stadium.[6][7]

References
  1. "Question On Notice No. 4248 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 25 June 2015 by Mr M. Mcgowan". Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. Timeline 1900-1929 Town of Victoria Park
  3. Timeline 1970-2004 Town of Victoria Park
  4. "Change of Name of Goodwood Railway Station (City of Perth, 1527/22)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 22 December 1978. pp. 1978:4801.
  5. History of Stations on the Armadale Train Line Right Track
  6. Belmont Park stop to give way to Stadium Station Government of Western Australia 28 August 2013
  7. Perth's Belmont Park station to close in October in preparation for new stadium station Archived 19 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Urbanlyst 2 September 2013
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