(Claisebrook Station August 2002)
Openned : 1883
Original Name : East Perth (1883 to 1969)
Station History : In 1968/69, East Perth Station was renamed to Claisebrook, the name East Perth, was then given to the new station built a short distance
down to the line towards Midland, at the position were the new West Rail centre was being constructed on the site of the old East Perth steam loco depot's, locomotive sheds. The name Claisebrook, came from the brook that ran through the area and entered the river nearby to the East Perth Power Station.
At the moment most of the Stations along the old Suburban lines are in bad need of upgrading, so Claisebrook is one of the first to be, in a way, re-built,
this is part of the upgrading process the state government has put in place over the next few years, eventually the passenger shelters and platforms will be
upgraded, such stations as City West and West Leederville have already gone through that phase. When the former Claisebrook station was built, the
buildings of the original station (East Perth) were moved to Whiteman Park and are now what make up the Village Station.
Claisebrook Station, was and still is the busy junction for the Midland line, Armadale and South West Railway. These days at Claisebrook the E.M.U’s (Electric Multiple Units) are stored there as well as their maintenance sheds. The signal box at Claisebrook station handled all the rail traffic from Mount Lawley to Perth Station and also eventually before East Perth’s Signal Box was demolished, this box controlled the tracks across the river to Rivervale Station after Goodwood Stations Signal Box was demolished as well.Claisebrook’s signal Box had to contend with traffic build ups coming across the old wooden single track Bunbury
Bridges, as well as the siding for the East Perth Power Station.
(Claisebrook Signal Cabin and old Footbridge, on the1st of April 1988)
Claisebrook Station, 19th of August 2002
Claisebrook Station, Feb 2002
Original Name : East Perth (1883 to 1969)
Station History : In 1968/69, East Perth Station was renamed to Claisebrook, the name East Perth, was then given to the new station built a short distance
down to the line towards Midland, at the position were the new West Rail centre was being constructed on the site of the old East Perth steam loco depot's, locomotive sheds. The name Claisebrook, came from the brook that ran through the area and entered the river nearby to the East Perth Power Station.
At the moment most of the Stations along the old Suburban lines are in bad need of upgrading, so Claisebrook is one of the first to be, in a way, re-built,
this is part of the upgrading process the state government has put in place over the next few years, eventually the passenger shelters and platforms will be
upgraded, such stations as City West and West Leederville have already gone through that phase. When the former Claisebrook station was built, the
buildings of the original station (East Perth) were moved to Whiteman Park and are now what make up the Village Station.
Claisebrook Station, was and still is the busy junction for the Midland line, Armadale and South West Railway. These days at Claisebrook the E.M.U’s (Electric Multiple Units) are stored there as well as their maintenance sheds. The signal box at Claisebrook station handled all the rail traffic from Mount Lawley to Perth Station and also eventually before East Perth’s Signal Box was demolished, this box controlled the tracks across the river to Rivervale Station after Goodwood Stations Signal Box was demolished as well.Claisebrook’s signal Box had to contend with traffic build ups coming across the old wooden single track Bunbury
Bridges, as well as the siding for the East Perth Power Station.
(Claisebrook Signal Cabin and old Footbridge, on the1st of April 1988)
(Thanks to Roderick Smith for this
photo of Claisebrook Station)
Claisebrook Station, 19th of August 2002
Claisebrook Station, Feb 2002