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| '''Whiteman Park railway station''' is an under-construction ]way station on the ] in ], Western Australia. The station is located in ], and will serve the surrounding suburbs of ] and ], as well as ], upon opening in late 2024. | |||
| '''Whiteman Park railway station'''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pilat |first1=Lauren |title='Missing link': Morley to Ellenbrook train line to cut commuter time in half |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/missing-link-morley-to-ellenbrook-train-line-to-cut-commuter-time-in-half-20190804-p52dp1.html |accessdate=22 November 2019 |work=WAtoday |date=4 August 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122122339/https:/www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/missing-link-morley-to-ellenbrook-train-line-to-cut-commuter-time-in-half-20190804-p52dp1.html |archivedate=22 November 2019}}</ref> is a bus and railway station on the ] in ], Western Australia as part of ], serving ] and the suburbs of ], ], ], and ].<ref name="Whiteman Park Station fact sheet">{{cite web |title=Whiteman Park Station fact sheet |url=https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/Portals/31/Project%20Documents/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line/Whiteman%20Park%20Station%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf?ver=IpHWZcSvizWeeKCYwBVrbw%3d%3d |website=Metronet |accessdate=16 August 2022 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301193339/https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/Portals/31/Project%20Documents/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line/Whiteman%20Park%20Station%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf?ver=IpHWZcSvizWeeKCYwBVrbw%3d%3d |archivedate=1 March 2022}}</ref> The station is currently under construction, with opening scheduled for 2024. | |||
| Whiteman Park station consists of an ] located on a viaduct. The station will have a bus interchange for ] connections, and a platform for the ]'s heritage tramway to Whiteman Park. Construction began in 2022. Throughout 2023, viaduct bridge beams were being installed, and during 2024, cladding and fit out occurred. | |||
| ⚫ | ==History== | ||
| During early planning, an alternative alignment of the Morley-Ellenbrook line in the ] median west of Whiteman Park was considered, but the lack of a station to service the Whiteman Park entrance for tourism, nor the growing nearby suburbs of Henley Brook, Dayton, Brabham, and West Swan, was considered undesirable.<ref name="Whiteman Park MEL fact sheet">{{cite web |title=Whiteman Park and the Morley-Ellenbrook Line fact sheet |url=https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/Portals/31/Project%20Documents/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line/Whiteman%20Park%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf |website=Metronet |accessdate=22 November 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122123026/https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/Portals/31/Project%20Documents/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line/Whiteman%20Park%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf |archivedate=22 November 2019}}</ref> | |||
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==Description== | ||
| ⚫ | ] | ||
| Whiteman Park station will be located just south of the Drumpellier Drive entrance to the park. It will include a bus interchange with 10 stands, providing efficient transport links to surrounding suburbs, including the Swan Valley tourist area. The station will also include 900 car bays and two bike shelters, as well as lifts, escalators, toilets and a kiosk.<ref name="Whiteman Park Station fact sheet" /> | |||
| ]|alt=A road elevated on an embankment with a pedestrian underpass under construction at ground level. The station's shelter can be seen behind the road in the background.]] | |||
| Whiteman Park station is in ], a north-western suburb of ], Western Australia. The station is located on a viaduct on the western side of ], just south of Whiteman Drive East, one of the main entrance roads to ].<ref name="Fact sheet">{{cite web |title=Whiteman Park Fact Sheet |url=https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/Portals/31/Project%20Documents/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line/Whiteman%20Park%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf |website=Metronet |access-date=1 May 2024 |date=August 2023}}</ref> The station is on the ], which is owned by the ] and will be part of the ] system when the line opens in 2024. The adjacent stations are ] to the north and ] to the south. The station is within fare zone two.<ref>{{cite web |title=Transperth Zone Map |url=https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/Portals/0/Asset/Documents/Tickets%20&%20Fares/Transperth_zone_map.pdf |website=Transperth |access-date=1 May 2024}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | ]]] | ||
| Whiteman Park station has a {{convert|150|m|ft|adj=mid|long}} elevated ], connected to ground level by lifts, escalators and stairs. West of the platforms is a ten-stand bus interchange, car park, and tram platform for the ] to Whiteman Park.<ref name="Fact sheet" /> The car park's footprint was designed to reduce the number of trees cut down.<ref name="CRG 5"/> East of the station is a pedestrian underpass passing under Drumpellier Drive which leads to a ] in ]. Facilities at the station include toilets, a kiosk and a bike shelter. The station is fully disability ].<ref name="Fact sheet" /> | |||
| The station will feature a {{convert|150|m|ft|adj=mid|-long}} island platform, over half of which will be sheltered. The platforms will be elevated through the combination of an embankment and an overpass structure, while the entrance will be at ground level and connected to an underpass under the railway and Drumpellier Drive.<ref name="Whiteman Park Station fact sheet" /> | |||
| At Whiteman Park station will be three pieces of public art. The walls around the station's entrance will have a mural by Jack Bromell featuring three ]s in flight and "abstract swamp and stout paperbark leaves and flowers". The walls of the Drumpellier Drive underpass will have a mural by Rohin Kickett and Haylee Fieldes representing the ] and Whiteman Park's native flora and fauna. Surrounding the station will be two clusters of sculptures of ]s, referencing Whiteman Park's Mussell Pool and the ] living within nearby wetlands.<ref>{{cite web |title=Morley-Ellenbrook Line Public Art |url=https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/Portals/31/Project%20Documents/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line/Public%20Art%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf |website=Metronet |access-date=1 May 2024 |page=3}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | ==History== | ||
| The first concept designs for Whiteman Park station were released in October 2021. By that stage, clearing of vegetation for the station was underway.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joint media statement - First images of METRONET Whiteman Park Station unveiled |url=https://www.wa.gov.au/government/media-statements/McGowan-Labor-Government/Joint-media-statement---First-images-of-METRONET-Whiteman-Park-Station-unveiled-20211013 |website=Media Statements |access-date=1 May 2024 |date=13 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gameng |first1=Monica |title=New milestone reached on WA METRONET Whiteman Park Station project |url=https://www.felix.net/project-news/new-milestone-reached-on-wa-metronet-whiteman-park-station-project |website=Felix Vendor Marketplace |access-date=1 May 2024 |date=16 October 2021}}</ref> The station was designed by ], Taylor Robinson Chaney Broderick, TCL and UDLA. The first stage was the construction of the foundations for the viaduct.<ref>{{cite web |title=METRONET train station on track for Ellenbrook |url=https://www.wa.gov.au/government/media-statements/McGowan-Labor-Government/METRONET-train-station-on-track-for-Ellenbrook-20220130 |website=Media Statements |access-date=1 May 2024 |date=30 January 2022}}</ref> ] was underway by July 2022<ref name="CRG 5"/> and complete by October 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Whiteman Park Station CRG 6 – Minutes |url=https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/Portals/31/Project%20Documents/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line/Whiteman%20Park%20Station%20CRG%206%20-%20Minutes.pdf |website=Metronet |access-date=1 May 2024 |page=2 |date=19 October 2022}}</ref> From 19 July 2022 to February 2024, Drumpellier Drive was diverted via Isoodon Street to allow for the elevation of the road for the pedestrian underpass and the lifting of viaduct bridge beams.<ref name="CRG 5">{{cite web |title=Whiteman Park Station CRG 5 – Minutes |url=https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/Portals/31/Project%20Documents/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line/Whiteman%20Park%20Station%20CRG%205%20-%20Minutes.pdf |website=Metronet |access-date=1 May 2024 |page=2 |date=20 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="Metronet 1 March 2024"/> By June 2023, twelve out of forty viaduct beams had been lifted into place,<ref>{{cite web |title=Work ramps up on new METRONET Whiteman Park Station |url=https://www.wa.gov.au/government/media-statements/Cook-Labor-Government/Work-ramps-up-on-new-METRONET-Whiteman-Park-Station--20230620 |website=Media Statements |access-date=1 May 2024 |date=20 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Full steam ahead at Whiteman Park |url=https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/news/latest-news/category/morley-ellenbrook-line/full-steam-ahead-at-whiteman-park |website=Metronet |access-date=1 May 2024 |date=20 June 2023}}</ref> and as of October 2023, three spans were yet to be completed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ellenbrook-Whiteman Park CRG 8 – Minutes |url=https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/Portals/31/Project%20Documents/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line/Ellenbrook-Whiteman%20Park%20CRG%208%20-%20Minutes.pdf |website=Metronet |access-date=1 May 2024 |page=2 |date=10 October 2023}}</ref> By March 2024, structural steel and concrete works were complete and cladding and fit out had commenced.<ref name="Metronet 1 March 2024">{{cite web |title=Morley-Ellenbrook Line construction update |url=https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/news/latest-news/category/morley-ellenbrook-line/morley-ellenbrook-line-construction-update |website=Metronet |access-date=1 May 2024 |date=1 March 2024}}</ref> | |||
| A {{convert|1.3|km|adj=on}} extension of the ]'s heritage tramway to Whiteman Park station was announced in February 2024. It was funded by a $1{{nbsp}}million contribution by the state government and constructed using 85 percent recycled materials from other Metronet projects and by ] students. To celebrate the opening of the extension, the tram will be free until the end of 2025.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Le May |first1=Rebecca |title=Heritage tram line at Whiteman Park to be extended to new nearby Metronet train station |url=https://thewest.com.au/politics/state-politics/heritage-tram-line-at-whiteman-park-to-be-extended-to-new-nearby-metronet-train-station-c-13549390 |website=The West Australian |access-date=1 May 2024 |date=11 February 2024 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hastie |first1=Hamish |title=Whiteman Park tramway to link up with Morley to Ellenbrook train line |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/whiteman-park-tramway-to-link-up-with-morley-to-ellenbrook-train-line-20240211-p5f406.html |website=WAtoday |access-date=1 May 2024 |date=11 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Historic tramway to connect the METRONET Whiteman Park Station |url=https://www.wa.gov.au/government/media-statements/Cook-Labor-Government/Historic-tramway-to-connect-the-METRONET-Whiteman-Park-Station-20240211 |website=Media Statements |access-date=1 May 2024 |date=11 February 2024}}</ref><ref name="Tram extension fact sheet">{{cite web |title=Whiteman Park Tram Extension Project |url=https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/Portals/31/Project%20Documents/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line/Whiteman%20Park%20Tram%20Extension%20Fact%20Sheet%20.pdf |website=Metronet |access-date=1 May 2024 |date=February 2024}}</ref> | |||
| The Morley–Ellenbrook line is planned to open in late 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Morley–Ellenbrook Line |url=https://www.buildingfortomorrow.wa.gov.au/projects/morley-ellenbrook-line/ |website=Building for Tomorrow |access-date=1 May 2024}}</ref> | |||
| ==Services== | ==Services== | ||
| Whiteman Park station will be served by ] |
Whiteman Park station will be served by ] services, which will run between ] and ]. These services will be part of the ] network and will be operated by the Public Transport Authority. It is expected that a train journey to Perth station will take 25 minutes.<ref name="Fact sheet" /> It is projected that Whiteman Park station will have 3,795 daily boardings.<ref name="PDP">{{cite web |title=Morley-Ellenbrook Line Project Definition Plan |url=https://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/Portals/31/Project%20Documents/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line/Morley-Ellenbrook%20Line%20PDP.pdf |website=Metronet |access-date=1 May 2024 |page=3 |date=June 2020}}</ref> | ||
| Connecting services will include ] routes<ref name="Fact sheet" /> and the heritage tram to Whiteman Park.<ref name="Tram extension fact sheet"/> | |||
| The station will also be served by Whiteman Park's heritage tram line, which will be extended to the station and use a dedicated platform south of the facility.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historic tramway to connect the METRONET Whiteman Park Station |url=https://www.wa.gov.au/government/media-statements/Cook-Labor-Government/Historic-tramway-to-connect-the-METRONET-Whiteman-Park-Station-20240211 |website=WA.gov.au |accessdate=11 February 2024}}</ref> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
| {{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
| ==Further reading== | |||
| * {{cite web |title=METRONET's Whiteman Park Station unveils new solar-powered construction site |url=https://www.wa.gov.au/government/media-statements/McGowan-Labor-Government/METRONET's-Whiteman-Park-Station-unveils-new-solar-powered-construction-site-20230203 |website=Media Statements |date=3 February 2023}} | |||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| * |
* on the ] website | ||
| * {{YouTube|fqKXQ-zVE74|Whiteman Park Station Flythrough}} | |||
| {{Public Transport Authority of Western Australia railway stations|Morley–Ellenbrook=y}} | {{Public Transport Authority of Western Australia railway stations|Morley–Ellenbrook=y}} | ||
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Planned railway station in Perth, Western Australia
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| Location | Drumpellier Drive, Whiteman Western Australia Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°50′14″S 115°57′53″E / 31.837316°S 115.964613°E / -31.837316; 115.964613 | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Public Transport Authority | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Public Transport Authority | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Ellenbrook line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform with 2 platform edges | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Bus stands | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | 900 bays | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | Under construction | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opening | 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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Whiteman Park railway station is an under-construction suburban railway station on the Morley–Ellenbrook line in Perth, Western Australia. The station is located in Whiteman, and will serve the surrounding suburbs of Brabham and Henley Brook, as well as Whiteman Park, upon opening in late 2024.
Whiteman Park station consists of an island platform located on a viaduct. The station will have a bus interchange for feeder bus connections, and a platform for the Perth Electric Tramway Society's heritage tramway to Whiteman Park. Construction began in 2022. Throughout 2023, viaduct bridge beams were being installed, and during 2024, cladding and fit out occurred.
Description
Whiteman Park station is in Whiteman, a north-western suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The station is located on a viaduct on the western side of Drumpellier Drive, just south of Whiteman Drive East, one of the main entrance roads to Whiteman Park. The station is on the Morley–Ellenbrook line, which is owned by the Public Transport Authority and will be part of the Transperth system when the line opens in 2024. The adjacent stations are Ellenbrook station to the north and Malaga station to the south. The station is within fare zone two.
Whiteman Park station has a 150-metre long (490 ft) elevated island platform, connected to ground level by lifts, escalators and stairs. West of the platforms is a ten-stand bus interchange, car park, and tram platform for the heritage tramway to Whiteman Park. The car park's footprint was designed to reduce the number of trees cut down. East of the station is a pedestrian underpass passing under Drumpellier Drive which leads to a shared path in Brabham. Facilities at the station include toilets, a kiosk and a bike shelter. The station is fully disability accessible.
At Whiteman Park station will be three pieces of public art. The walls around the station's entrance will have a mural by Jack Bromell featuring three wedge-tailed eagles in flight and "abstract swamp and stout paperbark leaves and flowers". The walls of the Drumpellier Drive underpass will have a mural by Rohin Kickett and Haylee Fieldes representing the Bennett Brook and Whiteman Park's native flora and fauna. Surrounding the station will be two clusters of sculptures of freshwater mussels, referencing Whiteman Park's Mussell Pool and the Carter's freshwater mussel living within nearby wetlands.
History
The first concept designs for Whiteman Park station were released in October 2021. By that stage, clearing of vegetation for the station was underway. The station was designed by Woods Bagot, Taylor Robinson Chaney Broderick, TCL and UDLA. The first stage was the construction of the foundations for the viaduct. Piling was underway by July 2022 and complete by October 2022. From 19 July 2022 to February 2024, Drumpellier Drive was diverted via Isoodon Street to allow for the elevation of the road for the pedestrian underpass and the lifting of viaduct bridge beams. By June 2023, twelve out of forty viaduct beams had been lifted into place, and as of October 2023, three spans were yet to be completed. By March 2024, structural steel and concrete works were complete and cladding and fit out had commenced.
A 1.3-kilometre (0.81 mi) extension of the Perth Electric Tramway Society's heritage tramway to Whiteman Park station was announced in February 2024. It was funded by a $1 million contribution by the state government and constructed using 85 percent recycled materials from other Metronet projects and by North Metropolitan TAFE students. To celebrate the opening of the extension, the tram will be free until the end of 2025.
The Morley–Ellenbrook line is planned to open in late 2024.
Services
Whiteman Park station will be served by Morley–Ellenbrook line services, which will run between Ellenbrook station and Perth station. These services will be part of the Transperth network and will be operated by the Public Transport Authority. It is expected that a train journey to Perth station will take 25 minutes. It is projected that Whiteman Park station will have 3,795 daily boardings.
Connecting services will include feeder bus routes and the heritage tram to Whiteman Park.
References
- ^ "Whiteman Park Fact Sheet" (PDF). Metronet. August 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- "Transperth Zone Map" (PDF). Transperth. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Whiteman Park Station CRG 5 – Minutes" (PDF). Metronet. 20 July 2022. p. 2. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- "Morley-Ellenbrook Line Public Art" (PDF). Metronet. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- "Joint media statement - First images of METRONET Whiteman Park Station unveiled". Media Statements. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- Gameng, Monica (16 October 2021). "New milestone reached on WA METRONET Whiteman Park Station project". Felix Vendor Marketplace. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- "METRONET train station on track for Ellenbrook". Media Statements. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- "Whiteman Park Station CRG 6 – Minutes" (PDF). Metronet. 19 October 2022. p. 2. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Morley-Ellenbrook Line construction update". Metronet. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- "Work ramps up on new METRONET Whiteman Park Station". Media Statements. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- "Full steam ahead at Whiteman Park". Metronet. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- "Ellenbrook-Whiteman Park CRG 8 – Minutes" (PDF). Metronet. 10 October 2023. p. 2. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- Le May, Rebecca (11 February 2024). "Heritage tram line at Whiteman Park to be extended to new nearby Metronet train station". The West Australian. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- Hastie, Hamish (11 February 2024). "Whiteman Park tramway to link up with Morley to Ellenbrook train line". WAtoday. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- "Historic tramway to connect the METRONET Whiteman Park Station". Media Statements. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Whiteman Park Tram Extension Project" (PDF). Metronet. February 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- "Morley–Ellenbrook Line". Building for Tomorrow. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- "Morley-Ellenbrook Line Project Definition Plan" (PDF). Metronet. June 2020. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
Further reading
- "METRONET's Whiteman Park Station unveils new solar-powered construction site". Media Statements. 3 February 2023.
External links
- Whiteman Park station on the Metronet website
- Whiteman Park Station Flythrough on YouTube
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