Rockingham railway station, Perth

Rockingham
Station in December 2007
Location	Rae Road, Cooloongup Australia
Coordinates	32°17′23″S 115°45′41″E / 32.289809°S 115.761269°E / -32.289809; 115.761269Coordinates: 32°17′23″S 115°45′41″E / 32.289809°S 115.761269°E / -32.289809; 115.761269
Owned by	Public Transport Authority
Operated by	Transperth
Line(s)	Mandurah
Distance	43.2 kilometres from Perth
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Bus routes	14
Bus stands	12
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	RRM 99701 (platform 1) 99702 (platform 2)
Fare zone	5
History
Opened	23 December 2007
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Transperth Trains network   Following station Wellard towards Perth Mandurah Line Warnbro towards Mandurah

Rockingham station is a railway station on the Transperth network. It is located on the Mandurah line, 43.2 kilometres from Perth station serving the suburb of Cooloongup.

History

Station entrance in December 2007

Decorations in December 2007

Platforms in December 2007

Northbound view in December 2007

Under the original 1999 Southern Suburbs Railway plan, Rockingham station would have been located within the Rockingham central business district in close proximity to major shopping and civic areas. This plan proposed the line to access Rockingham CBD by tunnel.

However, in 2002, the Southern Suburbs Railway (Mandurah line) was altered to operate via a more direct route from Perth via the median strip of the Kwinana Freeway rather than via the Armadale and Kwinana lines as originally planned.^[1] The planned central Rockingham station was abandoned at this time, in order to offset the extra cost of the Perth leg. The new location avoided the cost of tunnelling under Rockingham, but was now located on the edge of the city rather than in the centre of it two kilometres east of Rockingham Shopping Centre.

To offset this, the State Government announced plans to construct a light rail link to the Rockingham CBD instead. This did not transpire, although provision was made in the station design and layout for it. Evidence of the abandoned light rail is seen in the busway approach to the station, where concrete 'tracks' can be seen. These would have accommodated rail inset into a concrete base and presumably can still be used in this way in the future. The light rail track would have ended at a platform under the existing station canopy near the western entrance.

Rockingham station opened along with the rest of the Mandurah line on 23 December 2007.^[2][3][4] The station was designed by Jones Coulter Young architects.^[5]

Services

Rockingham station is served by Transperth Mandurah line services.^[6]

Platforms

Bus routes

Stands 1–6

Stands 7–12

References

External links

Media related to Rockingham railway station, Perth at Wikimedia Commons

Transperth buses network
Central area	Elizabeth Quay Bus Station Perth Busport (Perth CAT)
Northern area	Butler Clarkson Glendalough Joondalup (CAT) Karrinyup Mirrabooka Stirling Warwick Whitfords
Eastern area	Bassendean Bayswater Kalamunda Midland Morley
Western area	Booragoon Cottesloe Claremont Fremantle (CAT) Shenton Park Subiaco
South eastern area	Armadale Cannington Curtin University Gosnells Kelmscott Maddington Oats Street Thornlie Victoria Park
Southern area	Bull Creek Canning Bridge Cockburn Central Kwinana Kwinana bus station Murdoch Rockingham (RCTS) Warnbro Wellard Mandurah
Former stations	Murdoch Park 'n' Ride Rockingham bus station Roe Street bus station Success Park 'n' Ride Wellington Street bus station
Bus routes	Central Area Transit (CAT) CircleRoute List of bus routes
Bus stations marked with do not have an accompanying railway station.