Serpentine railway station
Station in Western Australia
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Serpentine is a station on the South Western Railway in Western Australia. The station is served by the Australind train service that links Perth and Bunbury.
Serpentine  | |||||||||||
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Southbound view from the platform, November 2019 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Richardson Street, Serpentine Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°21′50″S 115°58′34″E | ||||||||||
| Owner | Public Transport Authority | ||||||||||
| Operator | Transwa | ||||||||||
| Line | South Western | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | Open | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1893 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1999 | ||||||||||
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History
Serpentine station opened alongside the remainder of the South Western Railway in 1893. The station was originally intended to serve workers at a nearby wood mill but the town of Serpentine was gazetted shortly after the station opened.[1]
A railway hotel was built directly adjacent to the station in 1903 for the use of railway staff and passengers however was demolished in later decades.[2]
The station also formerly consisted of a small freight yard consisting of a loop siding and a dead end siding for the use of cattle loading.[3]
A Station master was provided for the station on 1 December 1897 but was made unstaffed from 1 November 1916 until 31 October 1919 as many men were sent to fight in World War I. The station became unstaffed again on 31 January 1963.[4]
The original station and station building were both demolished in 1999 and were replaced with the current station built consisting of a minimalist platform with a sheltered section of raised platform, providing level boarding.[5]
Platforms and services
Serpentine is served by Transwa's Australind train service which runs between Perth and Bunbury.[6]