Stirling railway station, Perth

Stirling Interchange
Stirling Interchange
	Joondalup Line
Station code	JSG
Street	Mitchell Freeway, Cedric Street
Suburb	Innaloo, Stirling
Fare zone	2
Distance from Perth Station	9 km (5.6 mi)
Stopping patterns	All, C, W
Number of platforms	2
Platform architecture	1 island
Station structure	Closed Station
Access by	Overhead bridge, pedestrian crossing, bus transfer
Transit guard booth	Yes
Train transfer	No
Bus transfer	Yes
Total number of bus stands	9
Total number of bus routes	15
Park 'n' Ride	Yes
Lock 'n' Ride	No, but Pay 'n' Display
Lifts	1
Escalators	1 up, 1 down
Add Value Machines	Yes
Public telephones	Yes
Public toilets	Yes

Coordinates: 31°53′39″S 115°48′16″E / 31.894101°S 115.804482°E / -31.894101; 115.804482

Stirling railway station is a Transperth rail and bus interchange located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) northwest of Perth railway station in Western Australia, on the Joondalup Line.

History

Constructed from 1990 to 1992, the station it was built as part of the Northern Suburbs Transit System and the Joondalup Line.¹

Traffic issues

The station's location presented some interesting design challenges - while the station resides within the Mitchell Freeway road reserve, the road reserve for the future Stephenson Highway runs in an area directly over the station at the southern end of its platforms. During the design of the station and its approach roads, the engineering firm Ove Arup & Partners was tasked with investigating and designing road layouts to accommodate for both future and current needs.²

Due to the nature of the future Stephenson Highway, a number of road layout options were considered including:²

Original designs first proposed for the freeway by the Main Roads Department, consisting of a diamond interchange between Scarborough Beach Road and Stephenson Highway, and link of existing Oswald Street (later known as Ellen Stirling Boulevard), Osborne Park.
As per the above option, but without the Osborne Park link.
As per the above option, but without the link of Oswald Street between Scarborough Beach Road and Cedric Street (an option recommended by station designers Hames Sharley architects).
A design only known as the Forbes and Fitzhardinge planning scheme, of which no information or design drawings exist within the engineers' report.

All of the above designs involved significantly complex road layouts which amongst others included partial cloverleaf interchanges, and the construction of new bridges connecting the future highway to Cedric Street.²

Service

Stirling is on the Joondalup Line of the Transperth Trains network, a hybrid metro-commuter rail system with five lines in metropolitan Perth. As such, it hosts trains travelling southbound to central Perth and northbound to the Joondalup and Clarkson stations. Three stopping patterns serve Stirling station: all stations, C, and W.³

In the inbound direction, all stations and W-pattern trains take about nine minutes, averaging 60.0 km/h (37.3 mph), to travel from Stirling to Perth.³ C-pattern trains travel express from Stirling to Perth, taking eight minutes at an average of 67.5 km/h (41.9 mph).³

In the outbound direction, an all stations train takes about 23 minutes, averaging 60.0 km/h (37.3 mph), to travel from Stirling to Clarkson.³ C-pattern trains stop at all stations between Stirling and Clarkson, whilst W-pattern trains, which terminate at Whitfords, skip the Greenwood station.³

Platforms

Platforms currently in use are as follows:

Stop No.	Platform	Line	Stopping Pattern	Destination	Notes
[2801] Stirling Station platforms
99821	1	Joondalup	All stations, C	Perth underground
99822	2	Joondalup	All stations, W	Clarkson	Shuttle weekdays only

Bus routes

Route Number		Destination / Description
[11537] Stand 1
	402	to Wellington Street bus station via Tuart Hill
	414	to Glendalough station via Balcatta and Main Street
	428	to Warwick station via Jones Street and Natalie Way
	904	Train Replacement Service to Clarkson
	904	Train Replacement Service to Perth
[11538] Stand 2
	415	to Mirrabooka Bus Station via Amelia Street and Ravenswood Drive
[11539] Stand 3
	98	CircleRoute to Fremantle station via Morley, Bayswater, Belmont, Murdoch
[11540] Stand 4
	99	CircleRoute to Fremantle station via Innaloo, Churchlands, Cottesloe
[11541] Stand 5
	410	to Scarborough via Scarborough Beach Road
	412	to Scarborough via Woodlands
[11542] Stand 6
	421	to Scarborough via Doubleview
	423	to Warwick station via Karrinyup and Hillarys Boat Harbour
[11543] Stand 7
	425	to Warwick station via Karrinyup and Carine
	681	to Crown Perth, Burswood
[11544] Stand 8
	413	to Glendalough station via Osborne Park
	424	to Karrinyup bus station via Gwelup and North Beach
	427	to Warwick station via North Beach Road and Erindale Road
[26332] Stand 9
	426	to Karrinyup bus station via Huntriss Road

References

^ Northern Suburbs Transit System; Perth to Joondalup Railway; Progress Summary - June 1991. Perth, Western Australia: The Urban Rail Electrification Committee, Government of Western Australia. 1991. Fig. 2, Accessed at J S Battye Library, Perth
^ ^a ^b ^c Stirling Transfer Station: Traffic Engineering and Network Capacity Analysis for Urban Rail Development Office. West Perth, Western Australia: Ove Arup & Partners. November 1990. Sect. 3.1, Accessed at J S Battye Library, Perth
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Joondalup Line timetable Transperth Retrieved 2009-05-03

Preceding station		Transperth Trains network		Following station
Glendalough Zone 1 towards Esplanade		Joondalup Line All, W		Warwick Zone 2 towards Whitfords or Clarkson
Perth SmartRider Free Transit Zone towards Esplanade		Joondalup Line C		Warwick Zone 2 towards Whitfords or Clarkson