Claremont Railway Station

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1942

Overview

Photograph taken from the overhead bridge looking towards Perth. On the right is the roof of the southern platform with two rail tracks between it and the island platform. On the platform is a structure with a curved corrugated iron roof, two enclosed areas with advertising posters on the walls and seats on the platform with people sitting. At the eastern end of the platform is a seat and a set of steps leading to an overhead bridge.

Historical information

Claremont Railway Station is 6 rail miles (10 kilometres) west of Perth on the Fremantle-Guildford line. The station opened 1st March 1881 and was was manned from September 1888 to 1 September 1979. Station Master Classification and Grades were C1.3 (1899), C1.6/2 (1905), G.5 (1913), C1.4 (1922, 1937, 1955). Other staff were the Night Officer, Assistant Station Master and Night Station Master. The station precinct consists of a group of buildings comprising the main station, a station master's house (limestone), and platform, island platform and waiting rooms (timber), overhead bridge connecting platforms, signal box (timber), and a goods shed (corrugated iron). Constructed to the design of George Temple Poole. The first station was established in March, 1881 and was known as Butler's Siding. Renamed Claremont Station in 1883, the station was moved to its present position in 1886. The railway station was closed in 1979 with the closure of the Perth-Fremantle line. The line was re-opened on the 29th July 1983. Claremont Railway Station is National Trust classified. It is the only Victorian era railway station operating in the metropolitan area. In 1979 Westrail planned to remove the signal box and central platform buildings because they were no longer required. Several parts of the original Station complex were already lost (including an overhead bridge, 2 toilet buildings, Platform No. 4, the cattle yard , the goods yards, gardens and gates and road crossover) when a battle by council and interested residents resulted in the retention of all the remaining station buildings.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--10-127

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Social History
Transport > Railways

Inscriptions and markings

Written on the rear of the original [Claremont Ry Station - 6 miles southwest of Perth. Snapped May 24, 1942 at 2 pm]

Year

1942

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