Burswood railway station, Perth

Burswood (known as Rivervale between 1921 and 1993), is a Transperth train station 4.8 km from Perth Train Station on the Armadale/Thornlie Line. It is adjacent to the Burswood Dome and the rest of the Burswood Entertainment Complex.

History

The station's name was originally a corruption of "Burrswood", being misspelt by the station sign's painters in 1893 when the railway was first built. [LandInfo WA|m|B|2007-01-17] It (and the area) were renamed Rivervale in 1921 in part due to the public's association of Burswood with sewerage processing; [Dr Geoff Gallop. "From The Swan To The Canning - Historical Notes on Victoria Park and Surrounding Districts", December 1989. Originally published in "Southern Gazette", 14 November 1989, p.8. Accessed at Battye Library, Perth.] however, after the Burswood Resort and Casino were built in 1985, the situation was reversed and the name reverted. Rivervale has survived as a suburb 600m east of the station.

tation location

Burswood station is located within a small triangular area bounded by the Swan River, the Great Eastern Highway (] eventually utilising an overpass to cross the Great Eastern Highway directly to the south. There is an entrance to the station on either side of the tracks on the southern end of the platform, requiring passengers to cross the tracks at grade level.

Platforms

Two services of the Armadale Line stop at Burswood station: all stations and T. All stations trains run locally from Perth towards Armadale, whilst T-pattern trains run locally from Perth station to Thornlie, skipping Beckenham station and splitting from the rest of the Armadale Line at Cannington. B and C-pattern express trains do not stop at Burswood.

Trains bound for Perth depart at 15-minute frequencies, [http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablePDFs/Armadale%20Thornlie%20Line%2020071224.pdf Armadale/Thornlie line timetable] "Transperth Trains" Retrieved 2008-04-19] arriving at Perth eight minutes later. Outbound trains to Thornlie run every 15 minutes as well. Occaisional off-peak services run to Armadale.

Transperth Platforms
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