Forrestfield Marshalling Yard

In December 1967 the Western Australian Government Railways commenced construction of a new marshalling yard on a 610-acre site to replace Perth Marshalling Yard in Forrestfield off the Kwinana railway line.^[1] It has both narrow gauge and standard gauge sidings.^[2]

A four-storey control and administration centre was built by Sabemo.^[3]

In June 1969 an eight road locomotive depot built by Sabemo opened to replace East Perth Locomotive Depot.^{[4][5][6][7][8]} A wagon maintenance depot built by AVJennings opened in 1970.^[9][10]

In September 1970 a carriage servicing shed opened.^[11] It serviced stock for the Indian Pacific, Prospector and Trans-Australian.^[12][13] It closed in September 1998.^[14]

In June 1973 a hump yard was opened marking the completion of the project.^[15] The yard occupied 247 hectares, with seven arrival, six departure, 31 classification and 10 secondary sorting sidings.^[16][17][18]

In 1998 a flyover previously used by trains heading south on the Kwinana and South Western lines that crossed over the yard was demolished.^[19] In 2000 the control centre was demolished.^[20] In 2000, 63 hectares of the yard was sold by LandCorp for warehouse distribution and freight related industries.^[21][22]

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