Maylands railway station
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Location | Whatley Crescent, Railway Parade, Eighth Avenue Maylands, Western Australia Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°55′42″S 115°53′30″E / 31.928327°S 115.891659°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Public Transport Authority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Public Transport Authority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Airport line Midland line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 4.5 km (2.8 mi) from Perth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform with 2 platform edges | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1 February 1900 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Falkirk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–14 | 503,370[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Official name | Maylands Parcel Office | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type | State Registered Place | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Designated | 26 February 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reference no. | 4563 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location of Maylands station |
Maylands railway station is a
A siding at the station's site opened in 1896; the station itself officially opened on 1 February 1900 with two
Description
Maylands railway station is in the Perth suburb of Maylands, Western Australia. It is located between Whatley Crescent to the south, and Railway Parade to the north, at the intersection of Eighth Avenue, in the Maylands town centre.[2] It is 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi),[3]: 10 or an 8 minute train journey from Perth railway station. The adjacent railway stations are Mount Lawley towards Perth, Meltham towards Midland and High Wycombe.[4][5]
The station consists of a single
History
A siding opened in 1896 as "15 Mile Siding". It was known as "Falkirk" between 1897 and 1899,[8] after Falkirk, Scotland, the birthplace of Mephan Ferguson. A small branch line existed near the station, which lead to the Ferguson Pipe Factory, located near the present day Ferguson Street and Caledonian Avenue.[9][10]
Tenders were called for the construction of a station house in August 1899, with a contract worth £1,133 being awarded.[11] Upon opening later that year, the station was renamed Maylands to avoid confusion with the branch line. The name was taken from the Maylands Estate, developed by Gold Estates. Some people protested the renaming, the rationale being that Falkirk was a name of substance whereas Maylands was just a name promoted by a land company. The estate was established before Ferguson's factory, however the factory was the catalyst for the settlement of Maylands.[12] The station house officially opened on 1 February 1900.[9]
In the mid to late 1960s, the station was rebuilt as an island platform, as the Midland line was being converted from narrow gauge to dual gauge, which the side platforms were not compatible with. The station house kept operating,[13] but was later closed on 1 July 1982.[9] The station house, also known as the Maylands Parcel Office, was classified by the National Trust of Western Australia on 4 July 1994, placed on the State Register of Heritage Places on 26 February 1999, and placed on the City of Bayswater Municipal Inventory on 17 June 1997.[14]
A study of the station and surrounding area was published in 1993, which recommended reworking the station.
Station masters
The station was staffed between 1900 and 1982.[20] The longest serving station master was F. R. H. Coombs, who served from July 1925 to March 1943, and was the father of famous economist H. C. Coombs.[9]
Title[9] | Name[9] | Start date[9] | End date[9] |
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Station Master | J. Hudson | February 1900 | February 1902 |
Officer in Charge | W. J. Dawson | February 1902 | June 1903 |
F. H. Steinke | June 1903 | June 1905 | |
E. W. Vaughan | June 1905 | January 1910 | |
Station Master | January 1910 | May 1910 | |
R. F. Geldard | May 1910 | November 1911 | |
A. Hiddlestone | November 1911 | July 1912 | |
F. S. Barnett | July 1912 | September 1913 | |
W. M. Doig | September 1913 | August 1914 | |
J. Darbyshire | August 1914 | September 1917 | |
J. H. Evans | September 1917 | February 1919 | |
M. Soreman | February 1919 | September 1919 | |
J. F. Grant | September 1919 | November 1919 | |
M. Storeman | November 1919 | December 1920 | |
J. L. Warner | December 1920 | July 1925 | |
F. R. H. Coombs | July 1925 | March 1943 | |
J. D. Flynne | March 1943 | April 1954 | |
S. C. Myers | April 1954 | January 1964 | |
E. J. Kidd | January 1964 | June 1971 | |
D. F. Membrey | June 1971 | July 1982 |
Artwork
In 2002, two braille-themed artworks were added to the station. Created by artist Paul O’Connor, the artworks were made to recognise the history of the Royal Western Australian Institute for the Blind in Maylands. The first piece of art is above the underpass entrance on Whatley Crescent, and is made of eight 300x300mm stainless steel panels, which read "Maylands" in braille. The second piece of art is a series of ceramic tiles in the underpass, each with a letter of the alphabet in braille.[21]
Artwork by Jade Dolman representing Noongar culture was installed on the walls of the station's underpass in June 2020. The artwork features a Wagyl, and silhouettes of a wardong (crow), manitj (western corella) and people dancing. A plaque near the artwork says "the dancing silhouette people remind us how the area we now call Maylands was once a rich hunting and camping ground, and a place of celebration for Noongar people".[22][23]
Rail services
Maylands railway station is served by the Midland line and Airport line on the
Midland line and Airport line trains each stop at the station every 12 minutes during peak on weekdays, and every 15 minutes outside peak, and on weekends and most public holidays. This makes for a combined frequency of a train every 6 minutes during peak and every 7.5 minutes outside peak. Later at night, trains are half-hourly or hourly.[4][5] When the Morley–Ellenbrook line opens, services on that line will stop every 12 minutes during peak. It is envisioned that by 2031, services on each of the three lines will be every 10 minutes during peak.[29] The station saw 503,370 passengers in the 2013–14 financial year.[1]
Bus routes
Maylands railway station was served by Transperth route 41 on a trial between 3 July 2016 and 4 March 2017.[30][31] This trial was at the request of the Maylands Residents and Ratepayers Association, who said there was community demand for a bus service linking the surrounding area to the station. A new bus bay was built in the station carpark for the route.[32] The chosen route for the bus down Eighth Avenue came at community opposition however, with local community groups saying that it went against making Eighth Avenue more pedestrian friendly. Local residents also criticised the Public Transport Authority's lack of community engagement.[33] Transperth also proposed an extension of route 406 from Edith Cowan University in Mount Lawley in 2016, linking the Midland Line to that university. That proposal never came to fruition.[34][35]
Diverting bus routes to Maylands station has again been proposed as part of Main Roads' Maylands road improvements project ongoing since 2021. Two locations for a future bus interchange have been identified: a western option and an eastern option, both on the southern side of the railway.[36][37] This would allow for bus routes along Guildford Road to be rerouted to Maylands station.[36]
Currently, there are no bus routes at Maylands station aside from rail replacement buses, which operate from a pair of bus stops on Whatley Crescent.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Question On Notice No. 4247 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 25 June 2015 by Mr M. Mcgowan". Parliament of Western Australia. 25 June 2015. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Google Maps". Google. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Manual – Rail Access" (PDF). Public Transport Authority. 30 August 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.: 10 Distance from East Perth Station to Perth Station is 2.1 km. Distance from East Perth Station to Maylands Station is 2.4 km. The sum of 2.1 km and 2.4 km is 4.5 km.
- ^ a b c "Midland Line Train Timetable" (PDF). Transperth. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ a b c "Airport Line Train Timetable" (PDF). Transperth. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ a b c "Maylands Station – Access Map" (PDF). Transperth. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Maylands Station". Transperth. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ a b "History of stations on the Midland line" (PDF). righttrack.wa.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Maylands Historical Society Inc. 2002. Maylands Station House 1900–1982 (Plaque). Maylands railway station, Western Australia: City of Bayswater.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Bayswater Thematic Framework April 2020". City of Bayswater. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ City of Bayswater (19 May 2021). "Maylands Parcel Office". inHerit. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ISBN 9780646596082.
- ^ "Landgate Map Viewer Plus". Landgate. Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021. Search for 180 Whatley Crescent, Maylands, and click the first result. For desktop computer, click icon on the top-right and click "Buy Aerial Photos". For mobile, click camera icon. Select 1965 and 1970 images to see the old station and the new station respectively.
- ^ Heritage Council (31 December 2016). "Maylands Parcel Office". inHerit. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- Westrail and the Department of Planning & Urban Development.
- ^ a b "New and improved Maylands train station opens". Media Statements. 11 August 2001. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "The West Australian Government Railways Commission Annual Report 2000/2001" (PDF). Public Transport Authority. 2001. p. 16. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Maylands Station Upgrade". BG&E. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "The Western Australian Government Railways Commission Annual Report 2002" (PDF). Public Transport Authority. 2002. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-9803922-4-1
- ^ "Maylands Station : Braille artworks". Public Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ Maylands Station Underpass (Plaque). Maylands railway station underpass, Western Australia: Public Transport Authority.
- ^ "Maylands Station : Underpass". Public Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ Condon, Alex (9 October 2022). "PM, Premier open 'historic' $1.86 billion Metronet airport rail line". WAtoday. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "Transperth". Public Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Signed on the dotted (Morley-Ellenbrook) Line". Metronet. 19 October 2020. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Morley-Ellenbrook Line Project Update – January 2021" (PDF). Metronet. 5 January 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Morley–Ellenbrook Line Project Definition Plan" (PDF). Metronet. June 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Morley-Ellenbrook Line PDP" (PDF). Metronet. June 2020. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Routes 41, 42, 48 and 55 – Service Changes". Transperth. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Routes 38, 39, 41, 42, 48, 55, 201, 202, 203, 279, 282, 283, 284, 291, 294, 360, 361, 362 and 960 – Service Changes". Transperth. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ Shakespeare, Toyah (30 June 2016). "New bus bays almost completed at Maylands Train Station". Perth Now. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ Lim, Kristie (24 October 2016). "Bus route 41 trial misfires say Maylands residents". Perth Now. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Transperth Proposed Network Changes – Routes 41 and 406 bus services to Maylands Station" (PDF). Transperth. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Routes 41 and 406 – Proposed Service Changes". Transperth. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Maylands Road Improvement CRG – Meeting No. 4" (PDF). Main Roads Western Australia. 28 September 2022. p. 11–12. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ "Maylands bus station options". My Say Transport. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
External links
- Photos of Maylands Railway Station from 1984 to 1999 – State Library of Western Australia