Midland railway station, Perth

Original station

Midland station was originally opened on 8 October 1968 by Minister for Transport & Railways Ray O'Connor as a replacement for Midland Junction station when the main Eastern Railway was being converted to dual gauge.^[2][3]

It originally had four narrow gauge platform faces, platform 1 at the southern side allowed through-running for regional services, while platforms 2-4 were terminating tracks. In the 1990s, the track was removed from platform 4 at the northern side. Initially, a separate platform was provided for the standard gauge line approximately 150 metres (490 ft) away to the west. From 18 February 2001, the through-running platform 1 was converted to dual gauge to allow the Prospector (and other future standard gauge trains) to call at the main station.^[4][5]

Redevelopment plans

In the 2010s the former Midland Redevelopment Authority (MRA) had advocated the relocation of the station east to be in line with Cale Street, the site of the original Midland Junction station.^[6][7] The MRA also desired an extension of the Midland line to Bellevue, which would take on a primarily park and ride function, to allow for land around Midland station to be redeveloped. There have been previous attempts to extend the line to Bellevue.^[8]

As part of Metronet, Midland Station was to be demolished and replaced with a new station located to the east between Helena and Cale streets.^[9] The relocation of the station was required to accommodate the extension to Bellevue, where a new railcar manufacturing facility is located.^[10][11] A multi-storey car park with over 600 bays and a 12 stand bus interchange were planned to make use of the former station site.^[12] As part of the project, the level crossing at

Helena Street was closed and replaced with a new crossing at Cale Street.^[13]

Current station

Construction on the new station began on 23 July 2023.^[14][15] The last Transwa service to use the original platform 1 was on 24 October 2024, with all standard gauge regional trains using a temporary platform located nearby.

Between 3 January and 22 February 2026, all services on the MerredinLink and Prospector did not serve the station with all services on the AvonLink service being temporarily extended to East Perth Terminal.^[16] This was due to the closure and dismantling of the temporary regional platform necessary for the final rail realignment.

The old station closed on 22 January 2026, followed by a 31 day shutdown of the Midland Line between Bassendean and Midland. The current Midland station was then opened on the 22 February 2026.^[17]

Train services

More information Historical track layout, 2001 — 2024 ...

Historical track layout
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Midland station has three platforms, platform one is a dual gauge platform served by Transwa's AvonLink, MerredinLink and Prospector services,^[19][20] and platforms two and three are used by terminating Transperth Midland line services. The new station design will allow for terminating trains to continue east towards the Bellevue railway depot once it opens.

The station saw 1,125,120 Transperth passengers in the 2013-14 financial year.^[1]

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Bus services

Midland Station is served by Transperth bus services as well as Transwa road coaches which utilise stand 7.