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Beverley The Beverley train station looks very impressive and is being well preserved. You can't get on the platform right now and anyway, there are no passenger services running through here anymore. The Albany Progress would have come through here and stopped years ago. These days the train line is mainly used for grain haulage. September 2010 |
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Bolgart The train station is in poor repair. I am not sure this ever was a passenger stop - perhaps it was a rail administration building? There are no other buildings around resembling a station. October 2011 |
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Bowelling On the old Collie - Narrogin line, this is Bowelling, between Collie and Darkan. No tracks left now but the station is being well kept. October 2011 |
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Boyanup
This is what is left of the Boyanup railway station. You can see the remains of the platform. That old English oak tree was planted on 12th January 1904 by one Terence Reilly, commemorating the birth of his 4th son, Hugh. Another plaque on the platform remembers the completion of the Bunbury - Boyanup rail line on 12th March 1891. Graham McKinnon (local MLC) unveiled the plaque in 1979. February 2011 |
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Boyup Brook This is a bright view of the Boyup Brook station platform. There are hints of some tracks around - some have become buried under the sand and gravel. The line to Donnybrook has gone. April 2012 |
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Bridgetown The Bridgetown railway station. The tracks are still here but like most of rural Western Australia, all that's missing are trains. The station now is the Environment and Land Care Centre. April 2012 |
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Brookton
Brookton station looks in pretty good condition on the Great Southern line. Only wheat trains pass through here now. November 2011 |
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Brunswick Brunswick railway station as it is today. A few decades ago there was a very grand two-story railway station here that occupied the site between the tracks, off where those bushes are on the left. This is across the highway from Peters. February 2011 |
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Bunbury This is the "track" side of the original Bunbury station in town. Up this end is an Internet Cafe and a place where you can buy a cool drink after getting off the local bus from the new South Bunbury station. December 2009 |
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Bunbury
Australind at the "new" Bunbury station near where the old South Bunbury "shed" used to be, a few kilometres out of town. 21 December, 2009 |
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Calingiri This is what looks like part of the original Calingiri train station. Perhaps this was the station master's office? The style of the building is consistent with original rail buildings elsewhere around the country. October 2011 |
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Collie
Collie station has recently undergone a huge facelift and is now looks great. This is "track-side" with early morning rays of sun lighting up the platform area. April 2012 |
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Cookernup
I was surprised to find a functioning train station for a place this small. A white park bench sits there waiting for the Australind to pass through. January 2012 |
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Cunderdin This sign depicts where the original rail facilities in Cunderdin used to be. June 2011 |
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Darkan The old railway station has been preserved and all but a few token metres of track have been lifted. This station is almost a total replica of that at Bowelling (or vice versa) April 2012 |
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Donnybrook
The old Donnybrook train station has been fabulously retained and maintained. Today is market day and it was great to wander through the stalls and take in the old station architecture and sniff the history.. This is the "road" side of the station. The local Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Information Centre live here now and they both keep the place spick 'n' span. February 2011 |
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Dowerin I don't know whether there ever was a passenger train service going through this way. Most likely yes I'd expect as passenger trains used to run where-ever there was a track in the old days. The train station and surrounding equipment are now here solely for the purpose of grain storage and shipment. April 2012 |
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Dwellingup Dwellingup train station looks quite resplendent in its federation colours. Steam excursion trains leave at 10.00am and 2.00pm on Sundays (which is today). Was that little building a signal box? August 2009 |
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Dwellingup Dwellingup railway station. Diesel-hauled HVR afternoon passenger forest excursion train awaits departure time. October 2011 |
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Gingin The rather splendid Gingin train station just across the road from the hotel. The Midland Railway Company's line north reached Gingin in April 1891 so this station is of that vintage. In 1892 this building and associated conveniences received glowing reports. August 2010 |
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Gingin This image of the Gingin train station looks down the platform. Years ago, Geraldton-bound trains would have stopped here. These days just the occasional freight train trundles through. August 2010 |
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Goomalling The Goomalling train station has been carefully preserved. Goomalling is on the narrow-gauge Perth-Mullewa line which is used almost exclusively these days for grain haulage. In the old days, the Mullewa Express stopped here. October 2011 |
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Harvey Thankfully the old Harvey Station has been preserved, unlike some which have disappeared altogether. The boarding/alighting point for the Australind train is the small green-fenced area to the right of picture. December 2010 |
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Kellerberrin Kellerberrin Prospector and Avon Link stop. You can see the main street over in the background. June 2011 |
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Koorda The rail line runs parallel to Railway Street and here is the station, or at least administration centre, flanked by grain loading equipment and storage facilities. The rail track runs south to Wyalkatchem and on further east to Bencubbin. April 2012 |
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Mandurah Many people enjoyed the train trip from Perth on the very first day the Perth-Mandurah train line opened. This is 23 December 2007 at around 3.30pm on Mandurah Station Platform 1. 2007 |
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Meckering Meckering is on the main Perth - Kalgoorlie line. Many long interstate freight train roll through here, plus the Indian Pacific, the Avon Link, and the Prospector. The latter two probably stop here on demand. June 2011 |
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Mundijong This is the new Mundijong station, very functional and looking remarkably like many others up and down the line - but this one's got a roof! 2009 |
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Mundijong This is the old Mundijong station - good solid-looking wooden building which has been retained. You can see this building off in the distant right in the photo, above, of the new station. January 2012 |
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Narrogin A view from the overhead passenger bridge of the track-side of Narrogin station. November 2011 |
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Narrogin A view from what would have been the road-side of Narrogin Station - perhaps - logically it would have been on the other side so I could be wrong. You can see XA1412 and a few old vans sitting up there off in the distance. November 2011 |
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Northam The front or road view of Northam train station. A rather grand building built mainly for the freight yards I think, but perhaps now a bit of a white elephant? May 2009 |
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North Dandalup North Dandalup train station has been transformed (like Serpentine, Mundijong etc) into something functional but not very pretty - this one doesn't even have any sort of roof - too bad if it's raining. Between here and Pinjarra is a tiny locality called Venn at which station the Bunbury Shopper used to pause! March 2009 |
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Pingelly Pingelly station perhaps needs a bit of attention although it still looks good. Track is well ballasted and the shine indicates reasonable use by grain carriers. November 2011 |
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Pinjarra 2005 Pinjarra Railway Station in 2005. On this site was the original wooden structure which was burnt down some years ago. These days the Australind (Perth-Bunbury) stops here plus it's a base for Hotham Valley Railways who run historical train trips to Dwellingup amongst other places. 2005 |
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Pinjarra 2009 Pinjarra train station has grown up a lot since the above was taken in 2005. It's now the Station Heritage Centre doing justice to rail history of the town. March 2009 |
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Pinjarra 2011 Here is a view of the main platform from the small elevated section from which passengers board and alight the Australind passenger service. August 2011 |
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Popanyinning This station was originally built in 1889 before the townsite even existed. Passenger services continued to run through here until 1978. These days only grain trains pass though without a pause! The station has been lovingly restored and renovated. November 2011 |
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Quairading Nice to see the local station so well preserved. That is often the case when someone is occupying it and looking after it, and in this case it is the Information Centre and Wood Sculpture Display. January 2012 |
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Serpentine Little station where the Australind stops on demand. The tracks gleam as a result of a lot of freight traffic, mainly going down to Alcoa. The track wends off to the south - next station, North Dandalup. May 2012 |
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Tammin If you arrived in Tammin on the Avon Link or the Prospector then this is where you'd alight. June 2011 |
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Toodyay The railway station with two standard gauge tracks gleaming in the winter sun. The Avon Link stops here - not sure about the Prospector. The Indian Pacific does not stop. Many freight trains pass through here from the East on their way to and from Kewdale. May 2009 |
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Waroona Gone is the old wooden station. At least here (unlike North Dandalup) you've got a roof over your head. December 2010 |
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Wongan Hills The old Wongan Hills train station beautifully preserved. There is a tourist centre inside now. The town has also preserved the old railway barracks and the wooden water tank tower. Wongan Hills was a major rail crew change-over point, and watering and coaling depot. October 2011 |
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Wyalkatchem The train station shines in the autumn early-morning sunlight. At the near end of the station are the signal levers. The track looks shiny therefore well-used. The line continues north to Koorda. It still runs out to Yelbeni and beyond but those sections are now disused. April 2012 |
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Yarloop Yarloop station looks like an old bus shelter. The Australind passenger train only stops here on demand. December 2010 |
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Yelbeni Yelbeni station still exists, such as it is - glad it's been left here. April 2012 |
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Yelbeni The line from Wyalkatchem running further east through here is closed but the tracks have not been lifted. You can see a ground-level signal, points changing mechanism, and the loop line branching off the main to the right. I like this picture. April 2012 |
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Yerecoin This sign proclaims the location of the station although apart from that little shed, there is nothing here except of course the gain handling complex. Was there ever a passenger service going through here? October 2011 |
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York Looking a little (but not much) sad, this train station has seen better days. The platform is now fenced off the building looks like a private residence. Hotham Valley used to run excursion trains up here but these have now ceased. September 2010 |
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Zanthus
The old country station now lives in the city. It was relocated from out west of Kalgoorlie on the "Trans" line to the Bassendean Train Museum. Zanthus used to be an important watering and coaling point for east-west steamers. 21 December, 2009 |
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