Fremantle Line is a suburban railway line in Perth, Western Australia. It runs through Perth's western suburbs and connects Perth and Fremantle.
The line was the first suburban railway line in Perth, opening on 1 March 1881. It originally operated as the Eastern Railway and ran between Fremantle and Guildford through Perth. Throughout the 1880s, the line was extended to Chidlow and then to Clackline, York and Northam.
Fremantle was also the locat...
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Fremantle Line is a suburban railway line in Perth, Western Australia. It runs through Perth's western suburbs and connects Perth and Fremantle.
The line was the first suburban railway line in Perth, opening on 1 March 1881. It originally operated as the Eastern Railway and ran between Fremantle and Guildford through Perth. Throughout the 1880s, the line was extended to Chidlow and then to Clackline, York and Northam.
Fremantle was also the location of the first railway workshops for the Western Australian Government Railways. They were re-located in Midland Railway Workshops in 1904.
In 1966, the stations in the Avon Valley were closed and Midland became the new terminus. Railway services on the Fremantle line then closed on 1 September 1979 during the Court Liberal government, and re-opened on 29 July 1983 by a new Labor government.
During 1990 work commenced on building a new North Fremantle platform 1km north of its original location; on 28 July 1991, the rebuilt North Fremantle...
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